Radiation caries: effects of radiotherapy on dental structure

Introduction: Patients undergoing radiotherapy as treatment for malignant head and neck tumors are prone to develop oral complications such as radiation caries, which evolves rapidly and is highly destructive. Such development is known to be caused by post-radiotherapy alterations in salivary glands...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Sérgio Donato Duarte Filho, Paula Fernanda Rodrigues de Melo Silva, Lúcio Flávio Azevedo Donato, Lúcio Frigo, Michel Nicolau Youssef, Stefânia Jeronimo Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editorial Ciencias Médicas 2019-02-01
Series:Revista Cubana de Estomatología
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Online Access:http://www.revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/1495