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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.

Palabras clave : Oral cancer; radiotherapy; chemotherapy; endodontics.

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