Wow you guys are playing in a whole different field I had all my teeth removed over 6 years ago...should have been a sign then but my doctor told me that cause I had no teeth it helped saved my jaw bones prevented the cancer or took it longer to get to the bone. In any case true or not not sure but it is what I was told.

This experience not having teeth is well been a little bit easier can't expect to eat a big steak don't so don't miss it...my dentures are very comfortable and very functionable although not sure what way we are going to go now........I just know there was no more pain but I do understand having one's own teeth...If you can keep them awesome but just from the other side of the fence they ain't that bad...

Dianne

Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY