The reason that dental implants fail in oral cancer patients that have been radiated is that the microvascularization in the radiated bone is killed off during treatment. That makes osteointegration of the implants difficult, with about 30% failure rate in radiated bone. The bone transplanted from your leg or the iliac crest of your hip was never radiated, and after a period of healing, say about 18-24 months, it likely has a good blood supply. The combination of that and a few dives in an O2 chamber make implants a viable choice. You need to be talking to an oral surgeon.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.