Dentist prior to radiotherapy

Hi Moi 

I was apprehensive about the dental side of things prior to starting Chemoradio for Tonsil cancer.... thought I was going to lose quite a few as I had fillings....three molars extracted... not as bad as I expected.

Ask your CNS about post dental aftercare....

And try to stay away from Dr Google 

Peter 

I have many fillings, even on the treatment side, and kept all of my teeth. I had to see the dentist on an emergency appointment after treatment as one of my fillings fell out, but they just filled it again and away I went.

Moi Me said:

But I’ve read that teeth are removed if they have large fillings, I do indeed have quite a few large fillings

My teeth are all heavily restored due to frequent quaffing of Franol syrup for childhood asthma. The roots are sound and I kept them all

Moi Me said:

do you get help with false teeth,

Yes but it can take years. I have a contact who waited four years for his BUT he has had implants.

Moi Me said:

I know you can’t have implants

It depends on the dose each jaw gets. My cancer was at the base of my tongue but I did get radiotherapy to both side...reduced on one side. That side is OK for implants having received less than 25Gy

Thanks, good to hear how it really was from someone who has gone through it.

That’s good to hear, know I’m probably panicking, but your mind sure does race with all possible outcomes. 

Thanks, that info has really helped me, possible implants makes me feel better. Also quite confident my roots are good, so just maybe it won’t be as bad as I’m worrying about

Hu 

I have several heavily filled teet( but I didn’t need any extractions. I know some trust do take reet( out the. Later they heard starting to do implants but nit in the radiated side. I was also more upset about teeth possibly being taken out but I was fine

good luck 

Hazel

Hello there, not sure if this helps, my husband had a dental appointment prior start of RT/CT, and he got advised to have one cracked tooth taken out, also it never caused any trouble,  but it could have potentially cause an infection, so we had that tooth taken out, in regards to teeth taken out that have large fillings, I have not heard of that one, as long teeth don't cause potential infection, they should be safe.

I too had a few big amalgam fillings. Got away with no extractions.   
Liz

I have a number of fillings, some of them large they were not removed in my case.

Hope that reassures you!