The Role of Dental Practitioners in the Management of Oncology Patients: The Head and Neck Radiation Oncology Patient and the Medical Oncology Patient.

Adepitan A OwoshoKatherine DeColibusBeverly HedgepethBurton C WoodRitter E SansoniJohn Patrick GleysteenDavid L Schwartz

Published in: Dentistry journal (2023)

This narrative review addresses the role of a dentist in the management of oncology patients, highlighting the oral complications that arise in head and neck radiation oncology patients and medical oncology patients. The prevention and management of these complications are discussed.

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