It's too late to discuss the teeth removal but unless they are in really bad shape many treatment centers don't automatically remove them anymore. I refused to let them remove any teeth and I am 60.

She might be able to have dentures or possibly even implants. It is a long and costly process since insurance won't typically pay for the dental restoration part of it. She may also require HBO to strengthen the capillaries in the areas where implany bars would be placed. She won't need HBO for dentures.

She will have to be fully recovered from the side effects of surgery and/or radiation before they would fit her with dentures if that is the case. Maybe as long as a year.


Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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