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Table 6 Dental status and rehabilitation procedures in the literature for IORN in the upper and lower jaw

From: Dental status, dental rehabilitation procedures, demographic and oncological data as potential risk factors for infected osteoradionecrosis of the lower jaw after radiotherapy for oral neoplasms: a retrospective evaluation

Author group

Year of publication

Dental status

Rehabilitation procedures

Remarks

Frydrych et al. (n = 82) [9]

2011

No information

No information

Average (median) date of last dental visit: 66.76 months (18 months) before radiotherapy

Guggenheimer et al. (n = 947) [10]

1994

Edentulous: 59%

No information

 

Partially edentulous: 9%

Poor dentition with no replacement: 14%

Intact dentition: 18%

Maier et al. (n = 100) [11]

1993

Tumour vs. control patients: Tartar > 3 mm: 40.91 vs. 21.98%

No information

Tumour vs. control patients

Never tooth brushing 44.9 vs. 23.5%

Decayed teeth >50% : 27.2 vs. 3.9%

Dental visit more than once a year: 6% vs. 43.5%

Lockhart et al. (n = 131) [12]

1994

Alveolar bone loss: 66%

Needing dental care: 97%

Noncompliant with routine dental care: 76%

Clinical caries: 71%

Did not seek the indicated treatment: 81%

Noncompliant with routine oral hygiene: 65%

Failing restorations: 91%

Jham et al. (n = 207) [7]

2008

Periodontal disease: 41%

No information

 

Residual root: 21.2%

Caries 12%

  

Unerupted tooth: 5.8%

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