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#27765 10-02-2005 06:19 PM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10 | Has anybody out there experience a connection with root canels and oral cancer occurance? I had a so called sinus infection and a root canal that kept giving me problems for years. The tooth was re-rooted at least twice and then just "unpacked" and left empty. This was fine and I had no pain until a new dentist re-rooted/repacked the tooth ... major pain came back. The tooth was removed just prior to the cancer diagnosis. Haven't had any sinus inffections since. Just oral cancer!...unknown. | | |
#27766 10-03-2005 05:15 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 65 | There is no known correlation between endodontic procedures and oral cancer. This is an issue of coincidence and not causation.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#27767 10-04-2005 01:12 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | phew. I had similar root canal issues right before the cancer on my tongue started showing.
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#27768 10-09-2005 09:48 PM | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 36 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 36 | Our problems started right after my husband had a root canal done. Coincidence?? We'll never know.
I like to look at it more as a blessing in desguise as we would have never known about the cancer if the endodontist had not nicked his tongue and caused it to get infected.
wife to 36 yr old husband diagnosed with SCC on 7/6/05, tongue dissection and radical neck dissection on 7/15/05, 2nd biopsy on 9/15/05 and found carcinoma in-situ. Starting radiation and chemo on Oct 05
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#27769 10-10-2005 05:11 PM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 10 | Thanks everybody for you input. The only bad pain I experienced before my diagnosis was due to a root canal. Recently this pain returned and I had those "it's back" blues. Some areas under my tongue and on my tonsel popped up and were "suspcious" and were biopsied. Just received the biopsy results and all is good. | | |
#27770 10-10-2005 08:53 PM | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 36 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 36 | Glad to hear that the suspicious areas came back good.
Lily
wife to 36 yr old husband diagnosed with SCC on 7/6/05, tongue dissection and radical neck dissection on 7/15/05, 2nd biopsy on 9/15/05 and found carcinoma in-situ. Starting radiation and chemo on Oct 05
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