Oral and Dental Complications of Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: Knowledge of Dental Practitioners in Saudi Arabia.

Ahmed Shaher AlqahtaniYousef AlshamraniYaser AlhazmiEsam Halboub

Published in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2021)

Our results show highly variable knowledge of dental practitioners on oral and dental assessment for, and complications and management of radiotherapy to the head and neck area; that knowledge seems to fluctuate considerably with gender, experience, work sector and specialty.<br />.

Keyphrases

oral health
healthcare
early stage
primary care
radiation therapy
risk factors
locally advanced
radiation induced
general practice