Rob,
I had a tooth pulled after radiation, it too got the full radiation dose. I did not have HYPERbaric treatments especially for it but I did have 30 dives about 4 months prior to the extraction. Make however sure that you are dealing with and experienced person! Although things healed up ok, I ended up having a fistula between mouth and sinus cavity which was weird and took several months to close. It would have been so much easier to just put one stitch in. I was contemplating an implant too, but then it was just tooth #2 and therefore not a functional nor a cosmetic issue and in the end it was simply not worth the risk. IF I ever consider an implant (elsewhere) I only would do this with a person that has extensive experience dealing with OC radiation patients.

M




Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.