Oral Health and Cancer: When oncology patients sit in your chair, as their dental professional, you have the opportunity to empower them to take care of their oral health while undergoing cancer treatment. Perhaps patients are guarded because they don’t think their cancer diagnosis is relevant in a dental chair.

admin September 20, 2018

Oral Health and Cancer: When oncology patients sit in your chair, as their dental professional, you have the opportunity to empower them to take care of their oral health while undergoing cancer treatment. Perhaps patients are guarded because they don’t think their cancer diagnosis is relevant in a dental chair.

Relieve Dry Mouth: Medication or head and neck radiation induced xerostomia (dry mouth) causes discomfort eating, speaking or swallowing, and increases a patient’s risk for dental caries.

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