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Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,293 Likes: 1 | Hi,
I had a very similar situation. I had two teeth extracted before treatment. One was not so great and came out pretty easily. The other was not bad but it would likely go bad sometime in the future so I had it pulled. It was really nasty to get out.
About 6 months later I started seeing bone show through my gums and it freaked me out as I thought it was ORN. I went to the oral surgeon who felt it was a tooth fragment that was finding its way out. I went back a couple times and sure enough it did finally surface to where I felt the little piece and then it all healed up.
From my research ORN will show up more like a couple years or more past treatment. It takes awhile for the lack of blood supply to finally degrade the bone structure to where it becomes an issue. That is if it ever shows up at all, which is a fairly small percentage. Good luck
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Debridgement is removing the damaged or diseased tissue. Debriding is basically the same thing. My doc would use that term when he was explaining about doing reconstructive surgery. To me, it means to redo or adjust a previous procedure. Like if an OC patient has a tongue free flap and its too big, the surgeon will remove a little piece to resize the free flap making it fit the patient better.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | |
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