Incidence of radiation caries in patients undergoing radiation therapy in the head and neck region;Incidência de cárie de radiação em Pacientes Submetidos a Radioterapia na Região de Cabeça e Pescoço

Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-492

  Konjhodzic Prcic A ^a   Keros, J ^b   Ajaovic M ^a   Smajkic N ^a   Hasic Brankovic L ^a  

^a Faculty of Dental Medicine University of Sarajevo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Head and neck neoplasms; Radiation effects; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952055044     PISSN: 15190501     EISSN: 19834632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4034/1519.0501.2010.0103.0024     Document Type: Article

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