Hello Rhonda

Maybe you can help me with a question? I had full lower dentures, which still fit. On top I only had 4 teeth that my partial clipped to. These 4 teeth were extracted during surgery, thereby making my top bridge useless.

The MO & RO said to wait until after radiation to get the dentures. My rad Tx does not start for 3 more weeks. I was thinking of getting just a top full denture ($300/made overnight/throw away) so at least I could chew for possibly 6 weeks.

They are saying my gums and jaw bone will shrink during IMRI. I'm thinking it would be worth getting the 1 top denture just to eat for the 6 weeks and besides appeaseing me, it would keep my jaw muscles from atrophy.

So my long story short question is, how much did your gums shrink, if any. Can you tell if they did. My tongue feels 90% healed and my mouth and jaw muscles are fine.

My lowers are implant dentures and I was just about to have the posts put into the jaw bones. ($4,500)

Did they not recomend the implants because the bone will not except the implant studs after rad tx? I know I'm all over the board here and ping-ponging my thoughts.

An apple may be out of the question but just to bite and chew a hot dog, a soft sandwich, spagetti, egg foo young...fried chicken, crab cakes mmmmmmmm. I want to eat!

Thank You. Petey