I was happy on 13 September when waxy model teeth were placed in my mouth. I knew surgery had to be scheduled to cut away scar tissue before finishing the Continue reading

It was with a sense of fatalism that I went to my prosthodontic appointment on Tuesday. It has been 10 months now since I lost my teeth and I was Continue reading

Up til now it has been so unheard of for a head and neck cancer patient like me to have implants that the procedure is not much written about or Continue reading

Chapter three or four in my implant story and I feel sad. I know people envy me for getting four free implants from the public service but the reality is Continue reading

I am not disappointed or surprised that my wildly hopeful implant abutment procedure has hit some problems. It was always going to be problematic. On Sunday am I woke up Continue reading

This is monumental for me. Where do I begin? Maybe at the start, eight years ago when I lost my front teeth and my marginal mandibular nerve, causing my left Continue reading

I’m 75 today. I was born in Whakatane in 1946 and I’ve outlived my poor mother who died at 69. I feel pretty well in my body and brain apart Continue reading

Things moved slowly and now they are going pretty damn fast. Saw a big medical team last Friday, the prosthodontist again on Tuesday and I’m going to Greenlane for the Continue reading

I won’t go into the sad story of my 1940’s model of toothipegs. I’ve got 11 left and they’re now more trouble than they’re worth. In 2014 my aging teeth Continue reading