They try to save what they can but there truly no guarantees with radiation. I met a man Friday who was going there and they save three teeth but the decay was happening so fast that he had nothing but stub and had to have all bottom teeth removed. Sadly to say, michele

SCC 2005 floor of mouth and neck disection
SCC 2009 partial rt tongue RAD
PEG 2009
20 HBO treatments following surgery of three teeth and 10 more HBO to follow
2015 Diced food diet due to weak muscles long term effects of radiation
2018 Radiation Fibrosis of the jaw and neck, vocal cord dysfunction