Hi Jasper, Dental care is something that I am fairly obsessed about as I don't want to risk problems in the future. So I fully support the advice on regular use of flouride and good oral hygene. I brush my teeth after meals and carry around a soda bicarbonate mouth wash to rinse after sugary/acidic foods and drinks. I tend to avoid fruit drinks except for juiced fruit before breakfast. I did a lot of searching for suitable drinks to sup on for my dry mouth but ended but having to make do with water.

I had 10 molars out pre treatment because they had very large fillings. I asked about the possibily of dentures and my oncology dentist was very reluctant to consider it. It took ages for my gums to heal and they are still pretty lumpy feeling (now 19 mths on) so I don't think dentures would be very comfortable and with still having a dry mouth I think they would probably cause more damage than any benefit. The lack of back teeth to chew food is compounding my problems with swallowing but that is something I am learning to live with.

As part of my research on dental care I came across this book 'Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition' (available on Amazon) which opened my eyes to the problem of diet and tooth decay, in particular the pasturisation of milk. So I am now using raw milk to improve my absorption of calcium and vit D and E, and so hopefully stengthen my teeth. It is expensive and hard to source - in Scotland I can only get it online form a farm in south of England. Raw milk produced with good hygiene and disease free cows fed on healthy grass pasture I think is likely to be a lot safer than pasturised milk. However, I would not want to recommend this for poeple who are immune suppressed just incase, but I think it is definately worth considering once health and strength are back. I would be really interested to hear if any one else has thoughts on this. Sally