MAINTAINING YOUR ORAL HEALTH DURING CANCER TREATMENT

When treating cancer patients, dentists in Belmont emphasize the importance of good oral hygiene and dental checkups. This is because a person’s oral health is more vulnerable while he or she is receiving radiation or chemotherapy. Watch this video for tips on caring for your mouth during your cancer treatment.

If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, then you can benefit from knowing that more than a third of all patients being treated for cancer develop complications that affect their oral health, such as sensitive gums, gum disease, and mouth sores. This is because the radiation and chemotherapy used to destroy the rapidly growing cells associated with cancer can also affect healthy cells in the mouth. For this reason, your dentist should be a part of your team of cancer care professionals.