This site is very encouraging! If I can help, let me know. I'm a 37 year old survivor (former smokeless tobacco user) diagnosed Sept 18 2000. My dentist first spotted something in May but I did not follow up until August. Luckily, things had not changed much in 3 months, he referred me to an oral surgeon who took a biopsy on Sept 11 and gave me the news on Sept 18. My cancer was diagnosed as stage 1 squamous cell carcinoma. I was treated (surgery only) at the University of Minnesota by an ENT, who has been great. I had a portion of bone and three teeth removed from my upper jaw. Within the next couple of months I am going to have bone grafted from my hip to replace the removed bone, then several months later I will have dental implants put in. Any words of wisdom on bone grafting would be appreciated, and I will also try to answer any questions that anyone may send my way.