The oral management of patients who have received radiotherapy to the head and neck region

British Dental Journal

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 387-393

  Ray Chaudhuri, A ^a,b   Shah, K ^a   Porter, R J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE NECROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MOUTH DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMATITIS; TASTE DISORDER; TOOTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JAW DISEASES; MOUTH DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMATITIS; TASTE DISORDERS; TOOTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84877708399     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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