I am curious, is there anyone that has HPV related cancer that had a dental bone graft within a few years before their cancer?
I had 2 grafts for molar implants, but I don't know if they were bovine or cadaver tissue.
My cancerous lymph node was on the same side as the bone grafts.
I would think it's theoretically poissble a virus could survive in that tissue?
Any thoughts or similar experience?

having spent 17 yrs teaching at a dental school but back when implants were brand new, i have wondered about this myself. I had a tooth pulled this year because it broke and I seriously am not interested in having an implant. I think about these very things happening.

I have never heard of it being a cause of oral cancer but I don't want titanium in my mouth either let alone animal bone though I would not need any according to the oral surgeon.

I would think, just like with blood donation, there probably is some screening on what human grafts they would accept.
But the problem I see here, is that you cannot detect HPV in men unless they get cancer.
A cadaver could have been a carrier who never developed the cancer.
So this could be an issue no one has considered because head and neck cancer is still relatively rare compared to other cancers.