Dental Evaluation Prior to Cancer Therapy

A comprehensive oral examination and dental care prior to the start of cancer therapy is the standard of care in many cancer centers. This is because good oral health will likely minimize the undesirable complications such as opportunistic infections during cancer therapy. As the considerations diff...

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Autores principales: Yong, Chee Weng, Robinson, Andrew, Hong, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Oral Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9058061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35510226
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/froh.2022.876941
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description A comprehensive oral examination and dental care prior to the start of cancer therapy is the standard of care in many cancer centers. This is because good oral health will likely minimize the undesirable complications such as opportunistic infections during cancer therapy. As the considerations differ between anti-neoplastic regimens, this chapter discusses the indications and rationale when planning and executing a treatment plan for patients undergoing various cancer therapies.
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spelling pubmed-90580612022-05-03 Dental Evaluation Prior to Cancer Therapy Yong, Chee Weng Robinson, Andrew Hong, Catherine Front Oral Health Oral Health A comprehensive oral examination and dental care prior to the start of cancer therapy is the standard of care in many cancer centers. This is because good oral health will likely minimize the undesirable complications such as opportunistic infections during cancer therapy. As the considerations differ between anti-neoplastic regimens, this chapter discusses the indications and rationale when planning and executing a treatment plan for patients undergoing various cancer therapies. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9058061/ /pubmed/35510226 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/froh.2022.876941 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yong, Robinson and Hong. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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