Prevention of Xerostomia-Related Dental Caries in Irradiated Cancer Patients
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 56 (2), 99-104
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345770560022101
Abstract
Three caries preventative regimens: oral hygiene ; oral hygiene and topical fluoride; and oral hygiene, topical fluoride, and sucrose restriction were evaluated in patients with cancer given xerostomia-producing radiotherapy. The oral hygiene-fluoride gel combination was remarkably effective in protecting these high risk patients from caries, regardless of the cariogenicity of the diet.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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