Warnakulasuriya S
King's College London and WHO Collaborating Centre for Oral Cancer UK.
Br Dent J. 2017 Nov 10;223(9):663-666. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.883.
A variety of devices and techniques are now available to aid the clinician in visualising clinical changes that may be found in the oral cavity. These techniques can now be applied at chairside to characterise these changes and many offer a real time result at the point of care. They may assist in a practitioner referring a case earlier to a specialist to undertake further investigations. The translational value of the research published so far has been limited as these technologies have not been adapted for routine use in primary care. This review aims to examine the utility of these adjunctive aids in clinical practice based on the current available evidence.
现在有各种各样的设备和技术可帮助临床医生观察口腔中可能出现的临床变化。这些技术现在可以在椅旁应用，以描述这些变化，并且许多技术在护理点能提供实时结果。它们可能有助于从业者更早地将病例转诊给专科医生进行进一步检查。由于这些技术尚未适用于初级保健的常规使用，迄今为止发表的研究的转化价值有限。本综述旨在根据现有证据探讨这些辅助工具在临床实践中的效用。
