 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | After having radiation anyone who needs a tooth pulled should be doing the marx protocol. This is 20 hyperbaric oxygen dives prior to and 10 after the extraction. For simple dental work, fillings or root canals HBO is not necessary. It takes 2+ hours daily to do one HBO treatment. If you choose to not do HBO you can face a far worse treatment by getting osteoradionecrosis. This is very painful and you will need HBO to cure it. So do yourself a favor and if you need a tooth pulled make sure your ENT or oral surgeon sends you for HBO. If they say you dont need it, then they may not be familiar enough with oral cancer patients.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
