Radiation caries in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient

Shishir Shetty; Sesha Reddy; Hossam Abdelmagyd; Sura Ali Al-Bayati; Walid El-Sayed; Ahmed Shon

doi:10.4103/jdmimsu.jdmimsu_90_19

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Year : 2019 | Volume : 14 | Issue : 4 | Page : 423-425

Radiation caries in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient

Shishir Shetty¹, Sesha Reddy², Hossam Abdelmagyd², Sura Ali Al-Bayati³, Walid El-Sayed⁴, Ahmed Shon⁵
¹ Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
² Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
³ Department of Oral Medicine, College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
⁴ Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
⁵ Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Shishir Shetty
College of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University, Ajman
United Arab Emirates

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/jdmimsu.jdmimsu_90_19

Radiotherapy (RT) is an important modality in the management of malignancies of the head and neck region. Like any other modality, RT has certain undesirable effects on the oro-facial structures. Radiation caries is one of the undesirable effects of radiation. To highlight the classical presentation, we are presenting a case of radiation caries in a 37-year-old male patient who had undergone radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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