A prospective pilot study to evaluate a new dental assessment and treatment paradigm for patients scheduled to undergo intensive chemotherapy for cancer
✍ Scribed by Joseph A. Toljanic; Jean-Francois Bedard; Richard A. Larson; John P. Fox
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
BACKGROUND. Patients scheduled to receive chemotherapy frequently undergo
pretherapy dental treatment to eliminate potential sources of odontogenic infection. A prospective study was conducted to assess a new protocol emphasizing minimal pretherapy dental treatment.
METHODS.
Forty-eight consecutive patients diagnosed with solid or hematologic neoplasms underwent dental examination prior to intensive chemotherapy. All chronic dental pathology was scored as either mild-to-moderate or severe based on the likelihood of conversion to an acute state during chemotherapy. No pretherapy dental treatment was given to patients with chronic dental disease. Intertherapy dental complications and the overall impact on chemotherapy outcomes were assessed.