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Dental complications of head and neck radiotherapy: Part 1
Author(s) -
Andrews Nectarios,
Griffiths Chris
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2001.tb00562.x
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck , radiation therapy , osteoradionecrosis , dentistry , treatment modality , radiology , surgery
Radiotherapy for head and neck tumours is a viable treatment modality. However, a wide range of potentially debilitating dental complications may accompany this treatment. The nature and impact of these complications are outlined in this first part of a two‐part article. In Part 2, prevention and management strategies available to the dental practitioner to stave off the dental side effects of radiotherapy will be explored.