Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | You need to find a prosthodontist that has experience with post-radiation patients.
Try looking in the Yellow Pages under the dentist specialty guide and if none are listed try calling the local or state dental society to try to find one.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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