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Ricketsey - 05 Feb 2005 15:44 GMT

I have tumors in my bones only .... If I have a tooth extracted does that
indicate that the cancer may leave the bone beneath the tooth and spread
into my tissue?

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Natalie Smith - 05 Feb 2005 18:44 GMT

If they are localised tumours they will not spread into the tissue

> I have tumors in my bones only .... If I have a tooth extracted does that
> indicate that the cancer may leave the bone beneath the tooth and spread
> into my tissue?

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Tim Jackson - 06 Feb 2005 17:42 GMT

> I have tumors in my bones only .... If I have a tooth extracted does that
> indicate that the cancer may leave the bone beneath the tooth and spread
> into my tissue?

I don't think there's much chance of that unless perhaps you actually
had a tumour growing in the jaw under the tooth. But they usually x-ray
teeth before extraction, and any tumour would show up then. I don't
think it's common for them to go there anyway.

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Ricketsey - 07 Feb 2005 13:20 GMT

Yes - the dentist was afraid that my mouth had been irradiated since
apparently it can have fatal resultsdue to lack of oxygen in the gum tissue.
James the radiation person said it was only the top of my skull and my teeth
were not done.

>> I have tumors in my bones only .... If I have a tooth extracted does that
>> indicate that the cancer may leave the bone beneath the tooth and spread
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> before extraction, and any tumour would show up then. I don't think it's
> common for them to go there anyway.

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Tim Jackson - 10 Feb 2005 11:04 GMT

> Yes - the dentist was afraid that my mouth had been irradiated since
> apparently it can have fatal resultsdue to lack of oxygen in the gum tissue.
> James the radiation person said it was only the top of my skull and my teeth
> were not done.

That's a rather different issue from the risk of cancer spreading. What
the dentist is concerned about I think is necrosis of the gums as a
result of radiation, not a direct result of the cancer.

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>>>I have tumors in my bones only .... If I have a tooth extracted does that
>>>indicate that the cancer may leave the bone beneath the tooth and spread
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>>before extraction, and any tumour would show up then. I don't think it's
>>common for them to go there anyway.

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Ricketsey - 19 Feb 2005 05:30 GMT

>> Yes - the dentist was afraid that my mouth had been irradiated since
>> apparently it can have fatal resultsdue to lack of oxygen in the gum
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> the dentist is concerned about I think is necrosis of the gums as a result
> of radiation, not a direct result of the cancer.

That's right.

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