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This chapter discusses the current knowledge, clinical presentation, preventive strategies and management of the dental diseases known as radiation caries, chronic graft-versus-host disease-related caries (cGVHD-related caries), and periodontitis in the patient following completion of radiation therapy.

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  • Dental caries
  • Graft-versus-host disease
  • Periodontitis
  • Radiation therapy

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  1. Department of Stomatology, Division of Oral Medicine, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Leah M. Bowers

  2. Department of Oral Medicine, Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA

    Michael T. Brennan

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    Prof. Raj Nair

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Bowers, L.M., Brennan, M.T. (2022). Dental Diseases and Management. In: Nair, R. (eds) Orofacial Supportive Care in Cancer . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86510-8_15

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