Late dental effects in children submitted to chemotherapy: A case report.
Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022;
84:104845. [PMID:
36582914 PMCID:
PMC9793133 DOI:
10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104845]
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Abstract
Chemotherapy may have many effects on teeth such a microdontia, hypoplasia and V shaped roots. The incidence and severity of dental abnormalities depend on the age at the diagnosis, the type of chemotherapeutic agent used. Therefore, it is important that general and pediatric dentists be aware of the late adverse effects of cancer therapy in children, especially in the oral cavity. This article intends to document a case illustrating different dental anomalies secondary to chemotherapy in 20 years old boy who had a history of chemotherapy in childhood.
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