Extracting Own Teeth, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Radiotherapy; Complications
Conditions
Brief summary
Study the risk of complications after dental extractions in patients recieving radiotherapy.
Detailed description
Dental extractions before radiotherapy in the head and neck region is an established part of the treatment plan for patients with malignant disease. There are contradictory results in the literature regarding the importance timing and magnitude of extractions. It is important to minimize complications in this patient group since the regular therapy is already detrimental to the affected tissues. Patients were extracted from the ARTSCAN register were the population was followed for 4 years for several factors, including development of osteoradionecrosis. The aim is to evaluate which diagnoses are more prone to develop complications after extraction. If there is a relationship between occurrence of complication and magnitude of dental pathology.
Interventions
PROCEDUREDentoalveolar surgery
Surgery to extract teeth
Sponsors
Lund University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Malignant diagnosis * radiotherapy pre or postoperative
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Does dental extractions increase the risk for complications such as osteoradionecrosis? | From diagnosis of head and neck pathology, approximately 1 month before start of radiotherapy, and to the end of the medical record which may be from one year after the oncologic treatment up to 26 years after oncologic treatment. | Type of complication when extracting teeth in conjunction with radiotherapy. |
| Does dental pathology in extracted teeth correlate with development of osteoradionecrosis? | From diagnosis of head and neck pathology, approximately 1 month before start of radiotherapy, and to the end of the medical record which may be from one year after the oncologic treatment up to 26 years after oncologic treatment. | Are any specific dental pathology more prone to develop complications than others? |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed