 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | PS: There shouldn't be any problem having minor work, fillings done or routine cleaning. It's the extractions that are tricky. I honestly don't know about root canals or more complicated procedures. The teeth in the biggest risk are the ones that were in the radiated field.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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