The role of dentistry other than oral care in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

The usefulness of dental approaches, such as oral management, has gained recognition among patients treated for head and neck cancer. In particular, oral management plays a very important role before, during, and after treatment in patients undergoing radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of...

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Autores principales: Matsuzaki, Hidenobu, Tanaka-Matsuzaki, Kumiko, Miyazaki, Fuminobu, Aoyama, Hideki, Ihara, Hiroki, Katayama, Norihisa, Katsui, Kuniaki, Himei, Kengo, Takeuchi, Tetsuo, Onoda, Tomoo, Kimata, Yoshihiro, Asaumi, Jun-ichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdsr.2016.09.003
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Sumario:The usefulness of dental approaches, such as oral management, has gained recognition among patients treated for head and neck cancer. In particular, oral management plays a very important role before, during, and after treatment in patients undergoing radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of both. However, specialized dentistry knowledge and techniques that are useful for patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer have yet to be reported. Therefore, in this review article, our aim is to introduce dental approaches in radiotherapy for patients with head and neck cancer that have been developed and are currently being used at our institute.

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