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Three Good Reasons to have a Dental Examination before any Cancer Treatment

1. Feel better: Your cancer treatment may be easier if you work with your dentist and hygienist. Make sure you have a pretreatment dental checkup.
2. 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.
3. 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

• NIDCR: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

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