Hi Carol,
They pulled all my rear teeth in 1997 prior to radiatuion, leaving me only 6 uppers and 6 lowers. To make the partials, they had to crown the 4 end teeth. Despite careful dental care and flouride trays the remaining front teeth became very porous, so I had the other 4 uppers crowned last year. They look beautiful if that is your concern but it took the lab 5 tries to get them correct. My concern was the fact they have to grind them down to nothing to do this and what happens if there is decay. Thus far I have had no problems with any of them and will proabably have the bottom 4 capped sometime in the next few years as they are beginning to have problems. My partials and caps were done by a maxillifacial prosthodontist in Princeton who is MD Anderson trained. Be certain your dr is familiar with the special problems us cancer patients face.

Take care,
Eileen