 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Hi Diane! If you need to have teeth pulled make sure you do the Marx Protocol of 20 HBO before and 10 after your tooth extractions. You do not want to risk osteoradionecrosis. Radiation damage ruined my teeth and they had to be removed. Here is a recent thread about HBO. Best of luck! http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=136251#Post136251
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  | 
