ArticleNational journal of maxillofacial surgery
Antibiotic therapy for the prevention of osteoradionecrosis following tooth extraction in head-and-neck cancer patients postradiotherapy: An 11-year retrospective study.
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- Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Associated With Systemic Treatment in Osteoradionecrosis: An In Vivo Study.Lasers in surgery and medicine · 2026Article
- Osteoradionecrosis - an update for the general dental practitioner.British dental journal · 2026Review
- Radiotherapy-induced alterations in trabecular microarchitecture and bone mass of the mandibular condylar process: A retrospective analysis using fractal dimension and pixel intensity on digital panoramic radiographs.Imaging science in dentistry · 2026Article
- Machine Learning Models for Individualized Osteoradionecrosis Risk Prediction in Head and Neck Cancer.Journal of medical systems · 2026Article
- Osteonecrosis of the Jaw.Dentistry journal · 2023Review
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Abstract
introductionOne of the most important complications of radiotherapy (RT) for head-and-neck cancer (HNC) is osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaws, which mostly arises from tooth extractions. The ORN treatment still represents a great challenge; therefore, the prevention is of paramount importance. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate retrospectively a perioperative systemic antibiotic therapy protocol for the prevention of ORN following tooth extraction in head-and-neck patients post-3D conformal RT. MATERIALS AND
methodsA retrospective medical record review was performed considering HNC patients submitted to RT in the period between 2008 and 2019. They necessarily received oral antibiotic therapy with Clindamycin 300 mg every 8 h for 10 days, with the first dose 3 days before the tooth extraction.
resultsForty-nine patients met the study criteria, with a total of 107 teeth extracted. Regarding the 47 patients who did not develop ORN, 103 tooth extractions were identified (96.3%). Only two patients developed ORN at two adjacent teeth sites (3.7%).
conclusionThe proposed perioperative systemic antibiotic therapy protocol seems to be efficient to prevent ORN following tooth extraction in postirradiated HNC patients.
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