The relevance of dental management prior to radiation therapy with severe oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients

IF 3.4 3区医学 Q1 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

Journal of Dental Sciences Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jds.2024.04.030

Yutian Wang , Zhou Huang , Shaowen Xiao , Baomin Zheng , Dan Zhao , Weixin Liu , Xiaolong Xu , Nan Wang , Chao Yang , Yanqun Zhang , Yan Sun , Hongwei Liu

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Abstract

Background/purpose

Dental management prior to radiotherapy is often time-critical, and there are no studies on whether manipulations such as tooth extraction influence the risk of severe radiation-induced oral mucositis (ROM) during radiotherapy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe the relationship between dental management and the incidence of severe ROM.

Materials and methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted on 144 head and neck cancer (HNC) patients who received dental management before radiotherapy at Peking University Cancer Hospital, from January 2016 to December 2017. Demographic characteristics, primary tumor features, cancer treatment characteristics, and severity of oral mucositis during radiotherapy were recorded. Univariate analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to explore factors associated with severe radiation-induced oral mucositis.

Results

The incidence of grade 3 mucositis was 14.5% (22/144); univariate analysis showed that the number of extracted teeth (OR = 1.313; 95%CI = 1.012–1.702; P = 0.040) and patients with primary oral cancer had a higher risk of developing grade 3 mucositis (OR = 3.848; 95% CI = 1.508–9.822; P = 0.005). No statistical correlation was found between pre-radiation therapy prophylaxis, dental restoration, endodontic treatment, and grade 3 mucositis (P > 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that the number of extracted teeth (OR = 1.421, 95%CI = 1.071–1.885, P = 0.015) and primary tumor location in the oral cavity (compared with other head and neck cancers) (OR = 5.165, 95%CI = 1.636–16.311, P = 0.005) were significantly associated with grade 3 mucositis.

Conclusion

In HNC patients undergoing radiotherapy, the primary site located in the oral cavity and a higher number of teeth extracted are independent risk factors for the development of severe mucositis.

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Journal of Dental Sciences 医学-牙科与口腔外科

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

14.30%

发文量

348

审稿时长

6 days

期刊介绍： he Journal of Dental Sciences (JDS), published quarterly, is the official and open access publication of the Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China (ADS-ROC). The precedent journal of the JDS is the Chinese Dental Journal (CDJ) which had already been covered by MEDLINE in 1988. As the CDJ continued to prove its importance in the region, the ADS-ROC decided to move to the international community by publishing an English journal. Hence, the birth of the JDS in 2006. The JDS is indexed in the SCI Expanded since 2008. It is also indexed in Scopus, and EMCare, ScienceDirect, SIIC Data Bases. The topics covered by the JDS include all fields of basic and clinical dentistry. Some manuscripts focusing on the study of certain endemic diseases such as dental caries and periodontal diseases in particular regions of any country as well as oral pre-cancers, oral cancers, and oral submucous fibrosis related to betel nut chewing habit are also considered for publication. Besides, the JDS also publishes articles about the efficacy of a new treatment modality on oral verrucous hyperplasia or early oral squamous cell carcinoma.