Background: Mucositis is an important adverse effect of cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ice cubes on oral mucositis following head and neck radiotherapy. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 40 head and neck cancer patients who underwent radiotherapy. The patients were randomly divided into two experimental and control gr...

BACKGROUND Assessment of oral condition, oral care, and informing the attending doctor of unusual oral findings for possible consultation or referral to a dentist are the advocated roles of hospital nurses. The objective of the study was thus to assess the roles of Nigerian nurses in the assessment of oral conditions of hospitalized patients. METHODS This questionnaire-based cross-sectional s...

WHY: Oral health is an important contributor to the health and well-being of older adults. Recent associations between oral health and systemic disease have led to renewed interest in oral health and its contribution to health outcomes. A growing emphasis, therefore, has been placed on the inclusion of an oral health assessment as part of routine medical checkups. Part of this success relies on...

OBJECTIVE To assess the self-perception of oral health status of the elderly and to analize the clinics, subjectives and sociodemographic factors that interfer in this perception. METHODS Results are based on interviews and clinical assessment of 201 subjects aged 60 years and over, who were dentate, functionally independents and used to go to a health care center in the town of Araraquara, S...