Assesment of radiotherapy effects on the blood flow in gingiva and dental pulp - a laser Doppler flowmetry study.

Svetlana Antic Biljana Markovic Vasiljkovic Bojan Dzeletovic Drago B Jelovac Jovana Kuzmanovic Pficer

Published in: Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB (2022)

RT caused a significant acute gingival blood flow increase, followed by a long-term (over six months) tendency to return to the starting levels. The dental pulp blood flow is differently affected by higher radiation doses (over 50Gy) in comparison to lower doses (below 50Gy). During RT planning, considering the possibility of protecting the teeth localized near the Gross Tumor Volume as a sensitive organ is recommended.

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