 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Get a water pick. Ask your doc for special prescription mouthwash called Peridex. Dilute it to fill the water pick tub with luke warm water and add 2 cap fulls of Peridex. Use the magic mouthwash and make sure the water pick is set on the lowest speed. You must clean your mouth no matter how much it hurts or you will have far bigger problems later. I did the very best job I could but my teeth werent 100% going into it. I have since lost every tooth, never to get dentures. So take it from me, the pain is better than losing your teeth!
ChristineSCC 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  | 
