16th World Summit on Oral Health and Dentistry
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Accepted Abstracts

Oral Rehabilitation in Irradiated Patients: Implant- or Tooth-Supported Fixed Prosthesis? A Clinical Report

Somayeh Allahyari*
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Citation: Allahyari S (2021) Oral Rehabilitation in Irradiated Patients: Implant- or Tooth-Supported Fixed Prosthesis? A Clinical Report. SciTech Central Dentistry 2021. 

Received: February 11, 2021         Accepted: February 13, 2021         Published: February 13, 2021

Abstract

Cranial radiotherapy has several side effects. One of the most important complications is radiation caries that endangers the treatment prognosis. In the literature, the use of crowns and bridges for irradiated patients has been suggested as a contraindication. In addition, due to the risk of osteoradionecrosis (ORN), there are doubts about tooth extraction and implant placement. Here, we present a treatment sequence and recalls for an irradiated young patient. For irradiated patients, it is recommended to replace teeth with implants when there is no possibility for supragingival prosthetic margin.
Keywords: Cranial Irradiation, Osteoradionecrosis, Dental Implants, Dental Caries