Investigation of salivary function and oral microbiota of radiation caries-free people with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Radiation caries have been reported to be correlated with radiotherapy-induced destruction of salivary function and changes in oral microbiota. There have been no published reports detailing patients who have remained radiation caries-free following radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The aim...

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Main Authors: Jingyang Zhang, Hongling Liu, Xue Liang, Min Zhang, Renke Wang, Guang Peng, Jiyao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393271?pdf=render