SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
 issue27Endoperiodontal lesionsDental management of patients with cerebral palsy through the binaural beats author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

Related links

  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO

Share


Odontología Vital

On-line version ISSN 1659-0775Print version ISSN 1659-0775

Abstract

MORA JIMENEZ, Daniela. Endodontic considerations in patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Odontología Vital [online]. 2017, n.27, pp.45-50. ISSN 1659-0775.

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for cancer, head and neck, which is used both as a single therapy or combined modality. These procedures cause consequences both in terms of oral cavity such as dental surrounding organs and tissues, as systemically. It is for this reason that in endodontic management of these patients should be as careful. Furthermore chemotherapy drugs can not detect the difference between cells in normal tissues reproduction and cancer cells, leading to damaged normal cells and cancer cells with.

Keywords : Oral cancer; radiotherapy; chemotherapy; endodontics.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )