 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | You mean the clinic at the hospital? Watch out -they love to pull teeth (especially the dental oncologists)! They will scare you with OsteoRadioNecrosis (ORN) which is a 10% risk factor. If his teeth and gums are in good shape -there is little risk. Some people get ORN in spite of having their teeth pulled.
Implants sound good but he will need HBO treatment first and they don't always take in a radiated mouth. Not to mention wildly expensive.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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