Yup....I suggest to go to an ENT, not just a dentist. If they say they want to do a brush biopsy, I would ask them to not, as they aren't always accurate. With the swollen nodes, you should really see an ENT who can biopsy and order scans like CT or PET which will help them see if anything else could be going on.
Hope it's not cancer!


25/female at diagnosis
Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010
Surgery 04/13/2010
Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube
Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue.
30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010