Clinical Risk Factors Influencing Dental Developmental Disturbances in Childhood Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although studies regarding dental developmental disturbances after childhood cancer treatment have increased, they have many limitations. Studies analyzing the significance of independent clinical risk factors with regard to the dental health status are also rare. We aimed to investigate the risk factors for dental developmental disturbances, particularly severe disturbances, in childhood cancer survivors (CCS).

Materials and methods

Oral examinations and retrospective reviews of medical and panoramic radiographs were performed for 196 CCS (mean age, 15.6 years). Cancer type, age at diagnosis, treatment modality, type and accumulated dose of administered drugs, and dose and site of radiation were recorded. Dental developmental disturbances were diagnosed using panora

SUBMITTER: Kang CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056986 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature