Thank you for responding Bonnie, Charm & EZJim,

I'm fearful that we're falling into the atypical category of things always going wrong ... so many complications in the last few years. I'll post again after ENT appt - I never considered that ENT could do extraction in a complicated case. Hopefully we just need a good endodontist. Lottie

CG to husband, dx @ age 65, nonsmoker/social drinker. Dx 5/08 SCC Stage IV, BOT T1N2aM0. 33 IMRT - completed 9/12/08. Induction Chemo (Cisplatin, Taxotere & 5FU), plus concurrent Cisplatin.
1/09 PEG removed; 5/09 neg PET/CT; 5/10 PET/CT NED
Dental extraction & HBOT 2013; ORN 2014; Debridement/Tissue Transfer & HBOT 2016