@sarahbee56 I pray all will go well for you. I have an obturator and it is not fun. Luckily my SCC surgery which was a right maxillectomy, had clear margins. However since there was invasion of bone, I had radiation. It has been 2 years now. I had to have 5 teeth removed to get to the tumor and have the hole in my palate. Luckily I was sent to U of M which is over 2 hrs away. Excellent care team. I was told if I had it done in Midland Mi (close to home) it would have taken months and there is no one that could do it.