title: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a meeting place for medicine and dentistry.
abstract: The hyperbaric medicine facility at Hennepin County Medical Center has been serving patients from throughout the region for more than 40 years. Some of these patients have head and neck cancer and are suffering delayed complications of radiation therapy. Such patients are often referred by dentists, oral surgeons, and otolaryngologists. This article summarizes outcomes for patients who have received hyperbaric oxygen therapy for 3 conditions: soft-tissue radiation injury before undergoing dental extractions, osteoradionecrosis, and soft-tissue radiation injury prior to receiving dental implants in the irradiated area.
authors.affiliation: Hyperbaric Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adkinson
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chavez
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacLeod
authors.forename: Caren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Odland
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vellis
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008910:Minnesota; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D010025:Osteoradionecrosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000628:therapy*