I have had my CAT Scan on Thursday and saw the surgeon on Friday. My SCC tumor is a T1. I will have surgery next week. If it all goes as planned, I will lose three or four teeth and the bone immediately below them, but hopefully not any more of the jaw. He will rebuild my gum from tissue from my wrist. I will get a titanium rod put in the remaining jaw to strengthen it. Otherwise, he said that it might be easily broken. He will do the neck dissection to hopefully find that I won't need any radiation. I'm very frightened that even a week might make the difference in a T1 and T2 tumor. I have an appointment with a prostodontist, apparently the only one in my entire metropolitan area, on Tuesday. I was wondering about other's experiences with replacement teeth, dentures or implants.