As someone who used to work with teeth, I suggest gentle brushing using a desensitising toothpaste like Sensodyne. Sometimes you can even smear it around the teeth with out actually brushing. Make sure you keep up your oral hygiene GENTLY or it will worsen. I am horrified by some brushing actions i see. Keep you toothbrush at a 45degree angle and gentle jiggle the brush at the spot where the tooth meets the gum. Of course don't forget all the other areas as well.
I'm a practicing hygienist, and we suggust to have fluoride trays made at the dentist, when patients are going through chemo, and use them daily at home. I did this myself, and I didn't have any teeth decay problems, just the mouth sores. I havent' noticed any problems while on herceptin, at least with my mouth!
There is quite a bit of info. in the literature about Q10 and gum disease. I know that when I had a surgical op. for a bothersome root canal.. the gum healed in 10 days..I took either 100 or 200 mg a day of Q 10 during this 10 days, knowing its benefits. Anyway the endodentist said he had never seen anyone heal so quick in 40 years of endodentistry. If you take it take it with food as it is fat soluble...and of course it has anticancer/immune boosting effects as well particularly in the 200-400m g range.
Jackie
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