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. Owosho; Katherine DeColibus; Beverly Hedgepeth; Burton C. Wood; Ritter E. Sansoni; John P. Gleysteen; David L. Schwartz

doi:10.3390/dj11050136

Dentistry Journal (May 2023)

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. Owosho,
Katherine DeColibus,
Beverly Hedgepeth,
Burton C. Wood,
Ritter E. Sansoni,
John P. Gleysteen,
David L. Schwartz

Affiliations

Adepitan A. Owosho: Department of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Katherine DeColibus: Division of Oral Diagnosis, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Beverly Hedgepeth: Division of Oral Diagnosis, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Burton C. Wood: Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Ritter E. Sansoni: Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
John P. Gleysteen: Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
David L. Schwartz: Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/dj11050136
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 5
p. 136

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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.

Published in Dentistry Journal

ISSN: 2304-6767 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/dentistry

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