It would seem that your dentures would fit just as well having the impression made from your healed lower jaw. The professional to do them would be, of course, a prosthodontist, but hopefully one that works hand in hand with the cancer center, so that he understands the issues involved with the irradiated mouth.


Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!