Minnie is talking about me. Just a few months post rad, my bottom front teeth began to break off. They were very dead. I had hyperbaric oxygen treatments which caused new capillaries to form in the radiated mandible. 30 treatments, then the implant bases were inserted into the bone. This was followed by 10 more HBO treatments. The oral surgeon said that after the HBO, the bone bled just like unradiated bone. At the end of this month I will see the dentist for molds for the permanent implants, which are some kind of a bridge which screws onto the implanted posts. I have all this time had an upper plate. I am so used to it that even though I said I was going to get upper implants too, I may not as it works very well and I am just not aware of it now. Because two of the original five implants failed to integrate, they were redone and the clock was set for another six months. The dentist took pity on me and fashioned some faux bottom teeth which snap on over the posts. These, with the upper plate, look much better than my real teeth ever did. I am not supposed to chew with these, otherwise I would be happy to just keep what I have. And yes, one can kiss quite nicely with these faux teeth (grin). Ask your dentist or radiation oncologist for a referral to a dentist who specializes in implants. A friend, who had no radiation, just bad, bad teeth, had her weak jaw built up with some powdered bone so she could support implants, and she has had a mouth full of them for five years. The message here, is not to give up!