Clinical Guideline Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde 2012

Osteoradionecrosis of the jaw, presumably caused by a removable partial denture.

van de Vijfeijken SE, Karagozoglu KH, Rietveld DH, Meester MM, van der Waal I — Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2012

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers presented a case report of an 81-year-old man who developed severe osteoradionecrosis of the mandible.

What They Found

They found that an 81-year-old man developed severe osteoradionecrosis of the mandible following head and neck surgery and radiotherapy for a carcinoma. This condition was presumably caused by an injury to the oral mucosa from a removable partial denture.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it is a case report from the Netherlands.

Study Limitations

As a single case report, the findings of this study cannot be generalized to a broader patient population.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Guideline
Category	Radiation Injury
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	23050377
Year Published	2012
Journal	Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde
MeSH Terms	Aged, 80 and over; Denture, Partial, Removable; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Humans; Male; Mandibular Diseases; Osteoradionecrosis

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