Hopefully, I will have some information to post next week. I persevered and was able to schedule with a dentist assigned to Dana-Farber's Head & Neck department. I am asking to have all his teeth evaluated, prior to extraction, which is scheduled with local oral surgeon on 11/5.
I understand that there is no magic treatment to resolve these dental complications, but I think an opinion from a CCC should be helpful. Echoing everyone else, the lack of support and guidelines for these long-term effects, makes decision making nerve racking.
CG to husband, dx @ age 65, nonsmoker/social drinker. Dx 5/08 SCC Stage IV, BOT T1N2aM0. 33 IMRT - completed 9/12/08. Induction Chemo (Cisplatin, Taxotere & 5FU), plus concurrent Cisplatin. 1/09 PEG removed; 5/09 neg PET/CT; 5/10 PET/CT NED Dental extraction & HBOT 2013; ORN 2014; Debridement/Tissue Transfer & HBOT 2016
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