Hi John,

I find your posting and the replies fascinating. I have never before seen teeth problems as being a possible cause of mouth cancer.

I have really uneven teeth, with teeth seemingly larger than the space along my jaw. I had 2 front molars top and bottom removed as a child to make space but the remaining teeth have still been very crooked with overlapping teeth at the front. I think it might be genetic as my father actually had 2 rows of teeth at the front, top and bottom, presumably for the same reason. I probably should have had a brace but we moved and I never saw an orthodontist again.

Throughout my life, until the oral cancer surgery changed the shape of my tongue, I have had a constant problem with biting my tongue though chewing was OK until I foolishly let my left wisdom tooth be removed and then lost the 3 teeth on the right to the surgery.

I have never really understood how I got mouth cancer but it could quite possibly be a result of the uneven teeth.

3 Jul 2012 aged 66 Stage 1 sub-tongue SCC excised (cancer 1cm diam. + 1 cm margin + 3 teeth + sliver of jaw bone; right neck dissection 19 lymph nodes; sub-tongue skin graft from left arm). No RT or chemo but pur�e most food, esp. recently. MRI tongue May 2015 - clear. High raw diet but not fully vegetarian. Scoliosis (first noticed Oct 2012, now stabilised I hope at 59.9 degrees; this is my main problem). Also well-controlled atrial fibrillation. Ex clinical biochemist/toxicologist.