I went into radiation with small places of exposed jawbone where the surgeon had scaped off gum to do biopsies in an attempt to find the primary. Because my lower jaw is so small, my dry tongue kept rubbing them and keeping them open. I also had small bone spurs that kept popping out through the lower gums on the inside. An oral surgeon checked me every two weeks, scraped off the spurs and removed any excess bone that was growing so the gum could heal. Took about 6 months and I managed to not need the HBO treatments. These were not ORN and were not painful but could be sore at times. Have the oral surgeon keep an eye on them.

Take care,
Eileen