One more thing.....get yourself a small, bright flashlight, and a mirror that you can get in your mouth.....I have a purse-sized makeup mirror that I like better than the little dental mirror I bought at the drugstore. Get a good look at your problem area now, and memorize it.....and then give it a good look every day. That's the only way that you'll know if it is getting better or not.

In the meantime, please do get yourself an appointment with a different ENT, or periodontist, or oral surgeon for a second opinion.

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!