Mark is right. It is very Old School thinking that all the dentition has to go. Only those teeth that are in some way compromised and cannot be restored completely before radiation begins, or which are peiodontally compromised ( gum disease) in an advanced manner need to go. Fight for all your teeth. One day you will be wanting to chew real food again....it takes awhile, but that day will come. Not being able to because some guy wanted to take the easy (and in some old timers perspective, safe) path and yank them all, will be a problem later. But you have to have the mind set that oral hygiene and super careful cleaning of your mouth from now until forever, is going to be part of your daily mantra... periodontal disease after radiation is a very bad place to find yourself.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.