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@blondeboss

My husband had surgery, chemotherapy,and radiation in 2021. He is very restricted in how wide he can open his mouth. He has used a waterpik and an antibacterial rinse since treatments. He has not been able to have a dental cleaning. He had 20 hyperbaric treatments before having all his teeth removed in surgery. Then 10 hyperbaric treatments after tooth removal.

Now we are waiting until he is completely healed to see if he can get implants or dentures. He is limited by how little he can open his mouth.

His cancer was stage 4 so his radiation was very strong to his mouth.

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My oral surgeon has recommended that I try and keep the few teeth left in my mouth. Like your husband I had stage 4 and was told they used very high radiation for my treatments. That left me with severe Trismus. Do please let us know how it goes for him. We all love hearing good news