Does this hurt others teeth. When I put on my trays with the Dry Mouth gel provided by my dentist my teeth explode in what seems like sugar and cold sensitivity. It just gets worse and worse the longer I keep them in and I am only lasting about 5 minutes.


Has anyone experienced this. My teeth got sensitive after surgery and while taking roxicet liquid pain killer.

Talk to your dentist. I have been using the Fluoride trays for 3 years now and never experienced anything like you describe and I keep my on for 30 mins every day.

Oooh, glad David is a fluoride trays expert!

I stopped using them once my mucosa got too ravaged by radiation. It still stings a bit when I use them, so I try every so often, and if it hurts, I put it away and try again in a week or two. So far stil stings. Should I suck it up and do it, or should I wait until it don't hurt no mo'?

Relief! Relief with a Capitol R!!!!

SF 1.1% Gel made by Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc.


Described as a brush on and leave for up to thirty minutes. It has no sugar or sugar imitators and I can slather my teeth in full trays of this stuff and actually forget they are in my mouth. I almost want to do it again......

Jenka,

Check with your Cancer Center's dental group, but during TX and Recovery I was told if my mouth got to sore to use the trays to just rub the fluoride on with my finger or a soft baby toothbrush.

I found I prefer the sodium fluoride to the stannous fluoride.

hiswhatever,

That's what I use now as it's much cheaper than what my dentist was "giving" me. I think I pay $12 a tube and the other was costing $23.

David,

Could you tell me me what kind of flouride you use and how you use it? I've just been putting in general 1 size fits all trays for 2 min a day and then don't rinse mouth for 30 min. I've not gotten good advice on this so was just following instructions on bottle. Should I keep them in my mouth for 30min?

Thank you!
Kristen

Kristen,

I use SF 1.1% Gel made by Cypress Pharmaceutical, Inc. Cost $12.00 a tube at Walgreens and I squeeze a thin ribbon of gel into the trays and put them on right after I floss and brush my teeth right before I retire. I was told by my dentist to wear them for 5 minutes and not drink anything for 30 but I decided just to keep them in the entire 30 and then I take them out and clean them and wrap them loosely in a tissue so the will dry and I also have to be sure to put them in a drawer so any one of my 7 cats don't steal them and run all over the house with them during the night. I should know because I left them alone one night and played hell the next day finding them and they were chewed and bent almost beyond recognition.

Just an add, my CCC dentist said I should leave them in for 15 minutes.

Thank you David and Hisnibs. I'll look into this! Started last night for 10 min. Still painful to my sensitive tongue but worth it.

kme,

You really need to talk to all your docs and get a consensus about whether or not you should continue to use the fluoride since it's irritating your tongue.

kme,

David is right -- talk to your doctors and ask if it's okay to stop for a while. I, too, am in the middle of radiation treatment (16 done, 14 to go) and the fluoride trays sting horribly on my top teeth. My prosthodontist told me not to worry about stopping if it is so irritating, and to resume when it doesn't hurt so much (presumably after radiation is over). But ask your doctors first.

According to my prosthodontist, the weeks following radiation are the crucial ones to really start using the fluoride trays.

I do have a dentist appointment today so I'll check on that. I didn't use flouride all through treatment because everything was SO sensitive...I have horrible confluent mucositis. My mouth has really taken a while to heal. So my doctors urged me to start using them again despite the burning. My RO scared me that my teeth would fall out. Things aren't looking so good here. Looks like i have some kind of recurrence on the opposite side, glands though, and dermal mets may be likely. This is horrible. I just had CT scan, PET scan, and MRI the past two days so looks like I'll be hearing soon what's next. Thank you for the advice on the flouride though...I'll definitely ask very directly to my dentist today. And then my doctors I'll be seeing this week as well.

Thank you!
Kristen

Kristen,
Wanted to let you know, I'll be holding my breath with you. My prayers are with you.
Amy

Thank you Amy. Well, turns out I have a lot of cancer going on. All under left mandible, into mandible, floor of mouth, and some dermal stuff too. I have a bunch of oncology appointments at Mass General and Dana Farber on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Weird how this happened. I'd already had multiple CT scans that never picked this up! It was FNA biopsy that found it, and MRI and PET that confirmed it. I'm ready to fight the hell out of this cancer though!

I'm so sorry you are faced with this again. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I got brush on flouride! Brush it on let it sit for a min and spit it out! I find that it better coats my teeth as well! Might want to look into that as well. Those trays irritate me...waste of $180

Kristin,

I'm so sorry you are faced with a recurrence. You are soooo young! I wish you well with your appointments this week. Please keep us posted on the results. Sending good thoughts your way.

Kristin, Im sorry you have to go thru this again. Please keep us posted with updates on what your docs say. wishing you the best of luck with everything.

hisnibs,
I may have missed it in your posts but, what exactly is the product you are putting in the trays?
I may be able to offer some advice if you could be detailed in the product.
Cheers,
Mike