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Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a serious complication of radiation therapy in cancer treatment where radiated bone becomes necrotic and exposed. [1] ORN occurs most commonly in the mouth during the treatment of head and neck cancer, and can arise over 5 years after radiation. [2]
The Wall Street Journal ran a story (in 1989 or after) titled "The Radium Water Worked Fine until His Jaw Came Off". [7] Stories such as that of the Radium Girls and Eben Byers's death went public and due to public pressure and outrage, the Food and Drug Administration banned most radiation-based patent medicines in 1932. [8]
Radiotherapy to the head and neck or to the pelvis or abdomen is associated with Grade 3 and Grade 4 oral or GI mucositis, respectively, often exceeding 50% of patients. Among patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy, pain and decreased oral function may persist long after the conclusion of therapy.
Prosthetics; teeth detrimental to the fit or appearance of dentures. [12] Head and neck radiation therapy, to treat and/or manage tumors, may require extraction of teeth, either before or after radiation treatments. Lower cost, compared to other treatments. [13]: 98 Medically unnecessary extraction as a form of physical torture. [14]
If rampant caries is a result of previous radiation to the head and neck, it may be described as radiation-induced caries. Problems can also be caused by the self-destruction of roots and whole tooth resorption when new teeth erupt or later from unknown causes. Children at 6–12 months are at increased risk of developing dental caries. [99]
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