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'''Associate Editor in Chief:''' Berna Zorkun DMD [mailto:bernazorkun@gmail.com] | |||
==Three Good Reasons to have a Dental Examination before any Cancer Treatment== | |||
# Feel better: Your cancer treatment may be easier if you work with your dentist and hygienist. Make sure you have a pretreatment dental checkup. | # Feel better: Your cancer treatment may be easier if you work with your dentist and hygienist. Make sure you have a pretreatment dental checkup. | ||
# Save teeth and bones: A dentist will help protect your mouth, teeth, and jaw bones from damage caused by radiation and chemotherapy. Children also need special protection for their growing teeth and facial bones. | # Save teeth and bones: A dentist will help protect your mouth, teeth, and jaw bones from damage caused by radiation and chemotherapy. Children also need special protection for their growing teeth and facial bones. | ||
# Fight cancer: Doctors may have to delay or stop your cancer treatment because of problems in your mouth. To fight cancer best, your cancer care team should include a dentist. | # Fight cancer: Doctors may have to delay or stop your cancer treatment because of problems in your mouth. To fight cancer best, your cancer care team should include a dentist. | ||
==Protect Your Mouth During Cancer Treatment== | |||
* Brush gently & brush often | |||
:* Brush your teeth--and your tongue--gently with an extra-soft toothbrush. | |||
:* If your mouth is very sore, soften the bristles in warm water. | |||
:* Brush after every meal and at bedtime | |||
* Floss gently & do it daily | |||
:* Floss once a day to remove plaque. | |||
:* If your gums bleed and hurt, avoid the areas that are bleeding or sore, but keep flossing your other teeth. | |||
* Keep your mouth moist | |||
:* Rinse often with water. | |||
:* Don’t use mouthwashes with alcohol in them. | |||
:* Use a saliva substitute to help moisten your mouth. | |||
* Eat and drink with care | |||
:* Choose soft, easy-to-chew foods. | |||
:* Protect your mouth from spicy, sour, or crunchy foods. | |||
:* Choose lukewarm foods and drinks instead of hot or icy-cold. | |||
:* Avoid alcoholic drinks. | |||
* Keep trying (Quit using tobacco) | |||
:* Ask your cancer care team to help you stop smoking or chewing tobacco. | |||
:* People who quit smoking or chewing tobacco have fewer mouth problems. | |||
==Source== | |||
* [http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/Topics/CancerTreatment/ThreeGoodReasons.htm NIDCR: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research] | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:45, 20 August 2015
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor in Chief: Berna Zorkun DMD [2]
Three Good Reasons to have a Dental Examination before any Cancer Treatment
- Feel better: Your cancer treatment may be easier if you work with your dentist and hygienist. Make sure you have a pretreatment dental checkup.
- Save teeth and bones: A dentist will help protect your mouth, teeth, and jaw bones from damage caused by radiation and chemotherapy. Children also need special protection for their growing teeth and facial bones.
- Fight cancer: Doctors may have to delay or stop your cancer treatment because of problems in your mouth. To fight cancer best, your cancer care team should include a dentist.
Protect Your Mouth During Cancer Treatment
- Brush gently & brush often
- Brush your teeth--and your tongue--gently with an extra-soft toothbrush.
- If your mouth is very sore, soften the bristles in warm water.
- Brush after every meal and at bedtime
- Floss gently & do it daily
- Floss once a day to remove plaque.
- If your gums bleed and hurt, avoid the areas that are bleeding or sore, but keep flossing your other teeth.
- Keep your mouth moist
- Rinse often with water.
- Don’t use mouthwashes with alcohol in them.
- Use a saliva substitute to help moisten your mouth.
- Eat and drink with care
- Choose soft, easy-to-chew foods.
- Protect your mouth from spicy, sour, or crunchy foods.
- Choose lukewarm foods and drinks instead of hot or icy-cold.
- Avoid alcoholic drinks.
- Keep trying (Quit using tobacco)
- Ask your cancer care team to help you stop smoking or chewing tobacco.
- People who quit smoking or chewing tobacco have fewer mouth problems.
Source