Differences in oral health status between cancer patients: a case-control observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this observational case‒control study was to compare the oral health (OH) status of Bone metastatic cancer (BMC) patients (case Group 1), head and neck cancer HNC patients (case Group 2) and systemically healthy patients (control group). The secondary objective was to identify any risk factors associated with poor OH status.

Methods

This study was conducted from 2018-2024, and all patients were evaluated at the Oral Medicine, Head and Neck Department-Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli-IRCSS, Rome. The OH status was clinically and radiographically evaluated using the DMFT index, a full periodontal chart and a radiological examination (orthopantomography). The OH status was defined as "poor" in patients with stage III or IV periodontitis and/

SUBMITTER: Rupe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12670815 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature