It's been almost a year now since my mother had her last surgery and was put on a PEG for feeding. The prosthesis she had been wearing to cover the hole in the roof of her mouth was great while it lasted, but the last surgery took the remaining teeth to hold it in. She therefore had difficulty eating/drinking because things would go 1) down her throat, 2) through the hole in roof of mouth or 3) down the wrong way (aspirate) thus, the PEG. Her RO told her he knew a doctor who may be able to help her w/a prosthesis. Her previous doc re the prosthesis said he had done everything he possibly could do for her and knew of nothing else to be done. He was a GREAT dr. She has had one or two swallow tests since but her swallowing muscles do not direct things in the right direction and why would they ever think they would w/o the prosthesis??? Anyway, my question is...if some how they could figure out a way to make a new prosthesis, can someone get their swallowing muscles back enough to eat/drink after this long a time? I'm scared to ask the dr.