 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Michelle,
Unless the teeth are absolutely hopeless, don't let them pull them. Plenty people on this board have kept all of their teeth.
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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