Dental health in children with cancer.
This study investigated the dental health of children (aged 1-14 years) diagnosed with cancer 4-36 months earlier. Sixty patients were examined and interviewed; 43% had untreated decay and only 35% had seen a dentist since their malignancy had been diagnosed. A significant source of bacterial infection is not being treated in this at risk population. The level of dental disease and lack of dental prevention indicates a need to integrate medical and dental care.
Unit of Paediatric Dentistry, Dental School, Manchester, UK.
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Clarkson
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Eden
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications*; D003752:Dental Health Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D006113:United Kingdom