From treatment resources to the latest cancer research, our online jaw cancer forum helps patients get valuable support and feedback. Visit CancerCompass.com today for more information. http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/cancers/head-and-neck-cancers/jaw-cancer/1,0,119,39,41.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I had my upper jaw (maxilla) and hard palate(roof) of mouth removed in January. I now have an obturator that works OK. Anyone else have a similar situation? Having nothing to attach the obturator to means probably no chewing ever. I still have a PEG tube in now.  Any thoughts would be appreciated. This has been one long year!  I had everything so far done at UCLA. The obturator slips arounds, my mucous/saliva gags me, the PEG tube hurts at times, half my face and lips are still numb, my ears ring...I think that almost covers it! LOL! Nancy Thanks, Nancy http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,42644,0.htm nannerh Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Does anyone know of any support or help with funding fro someone that has suffered severe dental problems due to Radiation treatment. My friend's teeth are literally breaking off and falling out out of his mouth due the damage left by radiation, he has very little plate left so just regular dentures are not an option, one reccomendation was hyperbaric chamber treatments to build up the plates in the jaw so he could support dental implants, any and all repsonses are welcome. There is also a problem with cost so far the best estimate they been given for the total procedures is $80,000. Im sure ther are ways to do it cheaper and I have to belelive there are ways to get help paying for it..need your help desperately   http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,40465,0.htm dhffwc Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Numerous types of cancer can be located in the jaw bone. Symptoms would be pain, swelling, loose teeth, unexplained dental infections, possible sinus pain, unexplained numbness, bleeding in the mouth, fevers and other symptoms. You would not have to have all these symptoms, just one or two that do not resolve within a couple weeks. If you are taking a drug like Fosamax you should consider whether you might have osteonecrosis of the jaw - a serious but benign bone condition of the jaw bone. Just about any type bone cancer or oral cancer could manifest in the jaw so the list of potential cancers of the jaw is very long. http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,30839,0.htm flaming Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hello, My daughter noticed a lump on her jaw line and when she presses it, it moves up or down she says it hurts she is only 10 yrs. old.  I'm worried. http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,28296,0.htm maclovia Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi First I had tonque cancer then two years later just diagnosed with tumor in the jaw bone. They told me I wouldn't be able to eat and will have to rely on feeding tube the rest of my life is this true of most people with jaw cancer and tumors in the jaw. I have a feeding tube from the tonque cancer in at the moment and was just about ready to get rid of it when the second diagnose appeared with the tumor in my jaw? Also how well do you talk after jaw surgery? Comments? http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,13060,0.htm Awisesoldier Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT I have noticed articles on Fosamax side effects recently. Here is one in USA Today [url]www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-03-13-jawbone-deaths_x.htm[/url]. One side effect that is mentioned is severe jaw bone problems called "DEAD JAW" or Osteonecrosis of the jaw. I also found a law firm that is working with Fosamax users. The name is Threadgill Law Offices. Hope you found this information helpful http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,1975,0.htm Hopeful2 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT i have extracted a wisdom tooth about 7 years ago, but, on or off I get a pain in that area, what could be the cause? http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,1364,0.htm Asm1955 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT