I have a dental issue. I had a near total glossectomy in Feb 2004 with 2 months of radiation rwo months after. I visited my dentist about a year later and his x-rays showed a rear molar that might be slightly abcessed. The dentist called my cancer surgeon who felt extraction would be risky. The dentist put me on a water pic and electric brush regimen that seemed to head off problems. Recently that tooth has become looser and now I can wiggle it back and forth a little. Today it has become more of a problem and I feel it must be extracted because it is for the first time causing discomfort. I am scheduled to see the dentist Monday. Has anyone had a similar experience? I shopuld add that I am on a liquid diet.

Jim Haucke
SCC Rt lateral tongue Dx 9/03, Surg 11/03 (T2/N0M0);recur SCC BOT and anterior tongue Dx 1/04; surg 2/04 (T4/N0M0) subtotal glossectomy, forearm free flap, floor of mouth reconstruction,pharyngoplasty;trach until 3/04;PEG; 36 rad (3/04-5/04)therapy 12/04-12/05; 2 esophagus endoscopies; PEG infections Nov-Dec 06; embedded tube replaced by endoscopy Feb 07; replaced Sep 07; bleeding, tube removed Oct 07;dental issue Oct 08