A visit to the dentist led to a life-saving diagnosis for a teenager who had gone a month believing he just had a toothache.than Harrison, 19, had been experiencing pain in his top and bottom right wisdom teeth in May 2026, and booked an appointment at the dentist to have them looked at.At first Ethan, who works a forklift driver, had thought it might be infection and reasoned he would probably need the wisdom teeth removing, which is unpleasant but not uncommon.But when he went in for his appointment, the dentist spotted something which saw Ethan immediately referred over to his GP for a follow-up appointment.The dentist noticed that Ethan had a swollen lymph node, and after seeing his GP he was given a blood test which confirmed a shocking diagnosis, leading to him being rushed to the Chesterfield Royal Hospital to immediately start treatment,

.’If he hadn’t come in he would have only had a few weeks to live’Ethan, from South Wingfield in the UK, was given the news that he had acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a type of cancer which affects the bone marrow and the blood.octors later said that if he hadn’t received treatment four days after the dentist appointment, the 19-year-old could have had as little as three weeks to live.Now, Ethan is recovering from the emergency treatment in hospital, where he’s been since May 17.Ethan’s mom, Roxy Bond, 37, said that they feel ‘incredibly lucky’ that the cancer was spotted.When the diagnosis came it was very surreal and just very, very unexpected,” she said. “The team at the hospital said if he hadn’t come in he would have only had a few weeks to live.”