Dad starts IMRT on Wednesday (tongue tumor removed 4/27) and saw the dentist day before yesterday. He had 1 cavity filled and a second old filling w/new cavity drilled out with a temporary cap placed on it. Anybody know if it's really a good idea to start rad w/ a temp on or if it's better to wait till tooth is permanently fixed? From all I've read about the importance of healthy mouth, I wonder, but, then again, I wonder about everything lately.


Daughter of 75-yr-old Dad with tongue cancer (T3NOMO) surgery and rt neck dissec 4/27/05; completed 27 X IMRT on 7/01/05; recurrance w/ surgical removal of another SCC tumor on 10/7 (he's also nonHodgkins lymphoma survivor since 1/94)