Dental work

Hi ChrisB24 - I just completed chemo and radiation in late October and have several dental issues that need to be addressed too.  I had hoped to get started pulling teeth and getting dentures in January but my surgeon highly stressed that he did not think that the time was right due to on-going swelling of the tongue and the possibility of bone infection in the mouth.  My tongue rubs one of my teeth causing the tongue to hurt most of the time. 

I was so disappointed.  However since January I had to have emergency dental work.  For some reason one of my front teeth developed a white spot and within a week a piece just chipped off.  I have found that several other teeth have developed these white spots/patches too.  I wonder if this is a byproduct of the radiation.  Anyway my emergency dental work came off without a hitch however my mouth was sore for days due to the limited room in there now.

I'm still anxious about improving my dental situation.  Found out yesterday that I need to have another operation on the tongue so I imagine this will push back any dental for awhile.

Best of luck to you and your husband.  Let us know how things go with the doc. 

Did you go to special dentist or your regular dentist?

I went to my regular dentist.