Wow! No, I’d never heard of that.
It’s very interesting. What type of radiation did you receive? Was it
the same as today’s “standard” 5 days a week for 5 weeks
stereotactic radiation?<o:p></o:p>
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I had my radiation in February 1999. Last
summer I had two wisdom teeth pulled. It did bleed a little bit longer than I’d
been told to expect and I did find it hard to chew food in the back of my mouth
for longer than I’d been told to expect as well, but not so long that it
worried me. <o:p></o:p>
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From: mikedeprinter
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Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:13
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Subject: dental problems<o:p></o:p>
I recently went to the dentist after a very long period of not going to
the dentist (very long)and was sent to an oral surgeon to have a tooth
extracted. When the surgeon found out I had radiation treatments 22 years ago
for my pit. tumor, she said she couldn't do the extraction without knowing how
many rads I received in the lower jaw. The reason she gave me was something
call-osteonacropathy. She explaned the lower jaw doesn't have the same blood
flow through it as the upper, so the radiation doesn't disappate as
effectively. She said if I had a lot of rads to the lower jaw, the wound where
the tooth is removed wouldn't heal. And in order to get it to heal, I would
have to go through 30 days of hyperbaric chamber treatments.
This is the first I've every heard of this since my radiation treatments in
1984. Has anyone ever encountered this?
Thanks,
Mike
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