If I understand you correctly, the problems your husband has is a result of the oral cancer treatment. What usually happens is the doc can either use a piece of the patients leg bone, cadaver bone or a titanium plate. When having part of a jawbone removed the patient should be going thru whats called the Marx Protocol. This is 20 HBO prior to and 10 after the procedure.

All of this should be considered medical. The dentures themselves would be dental. Which doesnt really make logical sense to me. This can be frustrating for many patients and caregivers as the dentures are necessary due to a medical condition but insurance companies are refusing to cover it no matter how its billed. If you do reading on the forum you will see several others who have been thru this.

Your husbands ENT should be handling this. I would think he is going to need both the ENT and an oral surgeon together to take care of this issue. Ask the ENT who he would recommend, that can be a start to finding the right people to work on your husband.

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Best wishes with everything!


Christine
SCC 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 smile