Hi Lottie,

I certainly don't know what's typical and it seems if it's atypical then my daughter seems to get it. Sometimes I really am afraid it's by osmosis. LOL

My daughter completed her treatments in May and when we went in to see her H&N surgeon for a follow up a couple of weeks ago one of her remaining teeth on top was loose. He xrayed and said it was dead most likely due to the radiation and it must come out along with the bone. They ended up doing surgery and her H&N surgeon actually did this surgery and not the oral surgeon or prosthedontist. We have been informed it may cause us some issues and we go back for follow up on October 5. She actually ended up losing two teeth along with bone instead of just the 1.

This is mainly due to her two previous occurences are in her maxillary and her mouth took full dosage of rads in those areas.

Right now all I do is pray, so many things seem to go wrong with us that there isn't much choice.

God bless and I will be thinking and praying for you.

Bonnie