 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hi Jill,
I go on the 23rd of this month to FINALLY SCHEDULE MY IMPLANTS. We thought I would have them by now but such a drawn out process. The surgery I had, using bone from the leg to replace half my lower jawbone, was done specifically so I could have implants. I have two friends in the area that have had implants in their radiated jaws and they are THRILLED with them. If you lack gum tissue, they will just make the post of the implant a bit taller. Even if you do not have enough initial bone, they have procedures that can build up the bone. Joanna on this site has helped me the most about implants, she had them done and is very happy with them.
You will need to do 30 "dives" of hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
Let us know what you find out.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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