"OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 | My original ENT, oral surgeon and plastic surgeon told me "teeth implants or dentures will NEVER work for you. Sorry, but you will get used to life without lower teeth". Well, I'm pleased to say once my rebuilt mandible jaw healed I got another opinion and was told a different story. Over a period of approximately 16 months I had implants placed in my reconstructed lower jaw and a denture designed. The final stages of the denture was completed in 2010. This denture improved my situation in so many ways.
Once your mouth heals, you can get a 2nd opinion.
Karen
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
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