"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | 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!
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