Vicki, welcome to OCF. I am very familiar with the hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBO). Ive done 125 of them. I love HBO!!!! It works wonders for me. Several occasions I had problems healing and did HBO and it worked, I healed.

I am in the same boat as your husband. I am not a candidate for implants or false teeth. Radiation damaged my teeth so much that they became loose and crooked. I was afraid they would just fall right out they got so bad. So I did the Marx Protocol of 20 HBO before teeth being pulled and 10 after. While I was healing from having my teeth removed, I had a recurrence and then a huge surgery to remove my lower jaw. Due to complications, I am not unable to ever get any type of working teeth. One dental specialist advised me that I may possibly be able to get a top denture for appearance only. I also suffer from trismus which makes any type of dental work nearly impossible.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I hope this info has been helpful to you. Just remember we are all different and will respond to procedures and medications in our own way. What happened to me may not be anything even close to what your husband will encounter.

Best wishes to your husband with his continued recovery. Good luck with the teeth!!!!


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile