An ENT who treats alot of oral cancer patients would be the best place to get thoroughly checked out. The ENT can check your ears as well. Many dentists are unfamiliar with oral cancer, same goes with family doctors. I suggest skipping both and heading straight to the ENT. Honestly it could be anything. But please understand often OC does not have many symptoms and lesions can be painless. Ive seen far too many pass thru here with similar symptoms, sometimes its cancer sometimes its nothing serious. To even the trained eye, they will not be able to determine if a lesion is cancerous just by looking. A biopsy needs to be done to find out exactly what it is.

Best wishes!


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile