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Volume 3 Issue 1 (January - March, 2015)

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CHEMOTHERAPY & ORAL COMPLICATIONS-THE MOST NEGLECTED SIDE OF CANCER
Vikas Kapoor, Shalini Basur, Amit Pandey

1Senior Consultant, Bhel Skin Institute, New Delhi, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology, SGT Dental College, Gurgaon, 3Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology, Rama Dental College, Kanpur. 

Oral complications from radiation to the head and neck or chemotherapy for any malignancy can compromise patients’ health and quality of life, and affect their ability to complete planned cancer treatment.In the future, dentists are increasingly likely to find that they have patients   in their care who may present before or after cancer treatment requiring urgent dental care. Appropriate preventive regimens and timely oral care can minimise complications and improve quality of life. The present article focuses on managing and preventing oral complications of cancer treatment.

Corresponding Author:  Dr. Shalini Kapoor, Asstt prof . SGT dental college, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Email: dr_shalinibasur@yahoo.co.in

This article may be cited as: Kapoor V, Basur S, Pandey A.  Chemotherapy and Oral Complications - The Most Neglected Side of Cancer. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2015;3(1):71-80.

 
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