Vickie,
The following may help you:
Osteoradionecrosis...bone that has received doses of radiation may lack the ability to repair itself after trauma. Radiation destroys the blood vessels in the area causing a reduction of circulation to the area of oxygen and other nutrients. This then will prevent normal healing in that area if the bone is injured.
Hyperbaric oxygen to the area will stimulate new blood vessel growth and therefore stimulate bone healing.
Without hyperbaric oxygen, removal of a tooth or placement of an implant will probably result in bone that won't heal.
This is a good article:
http://www.virginiamason.org/dbHyperbaricOxygen/sec181033.htm Hope this has been helpful.
Jerry