Radiation caries: effects of radiotherapy on dental structure

• Main Authors: Eduardo Sérgio Donato Duarte Filho (Author), Paula Fernanda Rodrigues de Melo Silva (Author), Lúcio Flávio Azevedo Donato (Author), Lúcio Frigo (Author), Michel Nicolau Youssef (Author), Stefânia Jeronimo Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editorial Ciencias Médicas, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Patients undergoing radiotherapy as treatment for malignant head and neck tumors are prone to develop oral complications such as radiation caries, which evolves rapidly and is highly destructive. Such development is known to be caused by post-radiotherapy alterations in salivary glands...