More teeth gone and added??

Well, hello... been a while?

Don't panic, there's nothing major to report, just the fact that my radiotherapy and/or reduction in blood flow has finally taken its toll on my front teeth, with a total of 3 now. 3 Bottom incisors gone, 2 fell out on their own, the dentist removed the 3rd before it went, to allow her to have somehing solid to build a set of false teeth. There's still a good chance I will also lose my right bottom canine as its become a little painful since the false bridge was fitted and I wear it as much for cosmetic reasons as I do for support of that tooth.
Oh I also had my wisdom tooth above the surgical site removed while I was there (no they didn't have a 2 for 1 deal), this has made opening wide a bit easier and yawns a bit less painful.

No implants possible unfortunatly, the bone is even more deteriorated than my xray image above, (I must ask if I can have a copy of my xray), there's essentially a semi circle less jawbone there which has died off. Almost certainly due to the radiation beam. The lack of anchor bone and the rate of its decay would mean implants would have nothing to bind to. I dunno if this is something that will continue and cause more harm, I guess the dentist will let me know when its a concern during a checkup.

But the falsies are not so bad, its just a case of getting used to them. I got a standard set of low cost ones first to get my head around wearing them, They are not especially unpleasant, but the ads about biting apples with false teeth using fixadent are really over selling :D I can however eat and talk and sing (without whistles) with them so am happier than I was with the original surgical site prosthesis. I didn't bother to extend the false set to my surgical site as there's no gum tissue to sit them on and it would just be uncomfortable.

I'll get a lighter pair later on in the year, when we establish if I can keep the wobbly canine, as well, but I'm not confident.

Nothing else to report, usual tenderness, moderate pain on yawning, and recently a friend got me in a playful choke hold which set of a wonderfully unpleasent 5 minutr spasm in my throat....take note any friends....don't do that to me please..