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Article: Oral health status of southern Chinese following head and neck irradiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

TitleOral health status of southern Chinese following head and neck irradiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Authors
KeywordsCandidiasis
CPITN
Dental caries
Irradiation therapy
Microbiology
Mucositis
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Oral hygiene
Xerostomia
Issue Date1999
PublisherElsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jdent
Citation
Journal Of Dentistry, 1999, v. 27 n. 1, p. 21-28 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: To investigate the oral health status of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after completion of radiotherapy. Methods: Thirty-three NPC patients (mean age 53 ± 10 years) who had completed head and neck radiotherapy (3.6 ± 3.1 years post-operation) were examined. Dental caries, periodontal status and oral mucosal lesions were recorded. Stimulated whole saliva (SWS) flow rate, pH, buffer capacity and carriage rate of carcinogenic micro-organisms were assessed. Jaw opening was measured. Results: Xerostomia was present in all patients, while 42% had candidiasis and 21% had limited jaw opening. The mean number of teeth present was 22, mean DMFT was 8.0, mean number of untreated root caries lesions was 1.4. Both saliva pH and buffering capacity were low while Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. carriage were high. 52% of the patients had no dental care following radiotherapy. Although few patients expressed direct dissatisfaction, perceived level of information and of post-operative dental care was insufficient. Conclusions: Post-irradiated NPC patients constitute a high-risk group for dental root caries and oral candidiasis. The carriage rate of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. in this NPC patient group was the highest among findings of other similar studies. This may be related to the inadequacy of dental care after radiotherapy. Head and neck radiotherapy was not associated with periodontal disease. © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/54232
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.313
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dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Een_HK
dc.contributor.authorChiu, GKCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, WKen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-03T07:40:32Z-
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dc.date.issued1999en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Dentistry, 1999, v. 27 n. 1, p. 21-28en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0300-5712en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/54232-
dc.description.abstractObjective: To investigate the oral health status of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after completion of radiotherapy. Methods: Thirty-three NPC patients (mean age 53 ± 10 years) who had completed head and neck radiotherapy (3.6 ± 3.1 years post-operation) were examined. Dental caries, periodontal status and oral mucosal lesions were recorded. Stimulated whole saliva (SWS) flow rate, pH, buffer capacity and carriage rate of carcinogenic micro-organisms were assessed. Jaw opening was measured. Results: Xerostomia was present in all patients, while 42% had candidiasis and 21% had limited jaw opening. The mean number of teeth present was 22, mean DMFT was 8.0, mean number of untreated root caries lesions was 1.4. Both saliva pH and buffering capacity were low while Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. carriage were high. 52% of the patients had no dental care following radiotherapy. Although few patients expressed direct dissatisfaction, perceived level of information and of post-operative dental care was insufficient. Conclusions: Post-irradiated NPC patients constitute a high-risk group for dental root caries and oral candidiasis. The carriage rate of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. in this NPC patient group was the highest among findings of other similar studies. This may be related to the inadequacy of dental care after radiotherapy. Head and neck radiotherapy was not associated with periodontal disease. © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jdenten_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Dentistryen_HK
dc.rightsJournal of Dentistry. Copyright © Elsevier Ltd.en_HK
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCandidiasisen_HK
dc.subjectCPITNen_HK
dc.subjectDental cariesen_HK
dc.subjectIrradiation therapyen_HK
dc.subjectMicrobiologyen_HK
dc.subjectMucositisen_HK
dc.subjectNasopharyngeal carcinomaen_HK
dc.subjectOral hygieneen_HK
dc.subjectXerostomiaen_HK
dc.subject.meshCarcinoma - complications - radiotherapyen_HK
dc.subject.meshCranial Irradiation - adverse effects - statistics & numerical dataen_HK
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studiesen_HK
dc.subject.meshNasopharyngeal Neoplasms - complications - radiotherapyen_HK
dc.subject.meshOral Healthen_HK
dc.titleOral health status of southern Chinese following head and neck irradiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinomaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailLeung, WK:ewkleung@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0300-5712(98)00024-4en_HK
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