If you or anyone you love is having Cancer Treatment or is about to have Cancer treatment you may find this USA web site very helpful
"Take 3 Steps Toward Preventing Infections During Cancer Treatment"
www.preventcancerinfections.org
Cancer treatment can be very hard on your whole body. Side effects on cancer treatment on the mouth might include: infections or sores inside your mouth, taste changes, pain, tooth decay, gum disease, and a dry mouth.
We would like to help you during this time so it is important that you let us know you have cancer and are undergoing treatment.
It would help your dental health if:
How you look after your teeth by keeping them clean and eating to avoid decay isn’t any different for people with or without cancer but it is even more important because cancer treatments can affect the teeth and gums.
We have been altered that in some patients, receiving treatment for cancer with certain drugs a condition known as osteonecrosis of the jaw has been observed.
Cancer and marijuana
New Research from the UCLA School of Public Health in the USA warns that marijuana contains stronger carcinogens than tobacco. They warn that cancers of the mouth, tongue, larynx and pharynx may take years to develop. A genetic defect in some people affects the ability of DNA to heal itself and these people are 16 times more likely to develop head and neck cancer is they smoke marijuana.
See also :
Radiation therapy
Bisphosphonates and Osteoporosis
If you are having cancer treatment and you experience pain in your mouth or teeth or jaw please tell both your oncologist and dentist.
Hours:
Mon - Fri 8:30 am -5:30 pm
Sat 8.30 am -1 pm
575 Riversdale Rd
Camberwell
VIC
3124
AU
Monash University Health Service Dental Clinic (Clayton)
21 Chancellors Walk, Building 10,
Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton.
03 9905 1000
dental.uhs@monash.edu
Two convenient locations
Camberwell and Monash University
Dr Erik Magee BDSc (Melb)
Dr Stephen Liew BDSc (Mel), FPFA, FADI, MAICD, FICD
Dr Sue King BDSc (Melb)
Dr Lin Liang BDSc (Hons Melb)
Dr Jordan Hawkins DDSc (Melb)
Dr Marjan Ardebili BDS (Manchester,UK), MFDS (RCS Ed)
Dr Nigel Gamage BDSc (Sheffield)
Dr Balakka Reddy BDSc
Mr Roland Barrowman Grad.Dip(OMS), MBBS, FRACDS(OMS)
Camberwell Dental Group and Monash University Dental Clinic. Dentists promoting health care for life. Family orientated