 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hi Sheldon,
I had radiation after my surgery, so the bone from the leg that replaced my jaw is now radiated bone. That is the reason for the Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment. It is used to help prepare this bone for an implant. It also makes it safer to have a tooth extracted. My dentist and doctors also said that if the bone is to thin, it can be built up with some bone from the hip.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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