I had to have teeth extracted (all of them), and they had me do hyperbaric oxygen treatments prior to the surgery. That may or may not be an option available to your mother. It's protocol for us radiation patients, from what I gather. An oral surgeon did the extraction, though, not my dentist ... outside her abilities, and she knows it. I'm on the working-on-dentures stage now. So ... it's something to ask about.

ETA: This was recent; my radiation was some years ago.

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Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery