I used to be on faculty at a dental school. my specialty is orthodontics so i know a little about jaw surgery but not about osteoblastoma. My question is whether this is more than a dental team is educated to handle. Correct me if I am wrong. Our oral surgeons resectioned jaws, extracted teeth etc. Implants will not be done at this time. Bone has to heal 6-8 weeks at least in order to put implant into bone.

Are they wiring his jaw to hold it into place while the bone fuses? if so, a liquid diet will be required, actually it probably will be regardless. Are they using a splint to hold his jaw in place? We had patients put a burger in a blender and drink it through a straw....the things you do when you are hungry!

Best wishes, I will be watching this thread as it is kind of up my alley.


Spouse of 58 yr old with BOT cancer
Stage 4a HPV16 positive
3 chemo treatments cisplantin
35 radiation treatments 7000 cGy
former smoker/chewed tobacco for 38 yrs.
1/2020 diagnosed with cancer near TMJ
4/2020 chemo 5 days every 2 weeks
6/2020 proton therapy
9/21/2020 cancer free