As part of my radiation treatment upcoming, I was fitted with a dental stent that was 3D printed by a local company. This will help keep my tongue in place. In addition the stent will absorb some of the scattered X-rays from IMRT and is supposed to help limit damage to adjacent areas.

It looks like this:[img]https://radtecmedicaldevices.com/product_ipd/[/img]

(I have the "vertical stent" about halfway down the page.)

Last edited by Stef H; 06-01-2017 09:39 AM.
Keep fighting friends!

Me -- currently 53 years old
SCC diagnosed 3/7/2017 at age 48
Staging SCC HPV+ T0,N1 primary unknown
PET 3/16, no activity, biopsies 3/23 benign
TORS surgery identified 2mm tumor in BOT (vallecula)
Cancer restaged T1, N2, M0
Begin 30 sessions of radiation (60 Gy) 6/13
Completed radiation 7/24/2017
1st MRI clear 10/23/2017!!
2nd MRI clear 10/17/2018!