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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · European Journal of General Dentistry 2020; 9(01): 53
DOI: 10.4103/ejgd.ejgd_168_19
Letter to Editor

Oral mucositis: Treatment and prevention

Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone
Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Sridhar Premkumar
1   Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Sir,

We have read with great interest the article entitled “Treatment and prevention of oral mucositis: A literature review.”[[1]] Oral mucositis (OM) is a common disorder in patients under treatment with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. It corresponds to a side effect of chemotherapy, head-and-neck radiotherapy, and targeted therapy. Despite advances in the treatment of cancer, OM continues to be an oncologic challenge in the context of antineoplastic therapy for head-and-neck cancer because it is a dose-limiting toxicity of chemotherapy and radiation treatment with negative impacts on the quality of life and cancer treatment efficacy.[[2]] Overall, patients with OM suffer from malignant diseases and/or require hematopoietic stem cell transplants.[[1]] In this connection, the role of dentists in the prevention and/or treatment of OM in hospitals and blood centers is essential. Thus, all health centers and hospitals offering these treatments should have dentists on staff for a comprehensive treatment of the patients.

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  • 1 Ahmad P, Akhtar U, Chaudhry A, Rashid U, Saif S, Asif JA. Treatment and prevention of oral mucositis: A literature review. Eur J Gen Dent 2019;8:23-8.
  • 2 Blakaj A, Bonomi M, Gamez ME, Blakaj DM. Oral mucositis in head and neck cancer: Evidence-based management and review of clinical trial data. Oral Oncol 2019;95:29-34.