Where I was treated (the Tom Baker Cancer Center in Calgary, Canada) they have a dental oncology department. They deal with head and neck cancer patients almost exclusively. Every check-up includes a visit to the dentist. Given all of the potential problems that exist with inadvertant injury to the inside of my mouth, I don't have ANYTHING done by anyone, without checking with them first.

I have a relative who is an oral surgeon...we're very close, and I trust him totally. He will be doing all of the restorative work (titanium implants) for me, however he will not do a thing without running it by the dental specialists at the Cancer center.

Personally, I think it's really risky to let someone who isn't fully conversant with the issues that oral cancer presents do any work. Have you checked with your MO/RO about local dentists they work with?
Wayne