[Dentist's patient under antineoplastic therapy]

The side effects of antineoplastic drugs can be manifest in the oral cavity. Every dentist must be familiar with these groups of drugs and their mechanisms of action and the management of their adverse oral manifestations. The most common oral reactions to administered antineoplastic drugs are: mucositis, local or generalized infections and hemorrhages. The right way in which these manifestations may be handled therapeutically can ensure dentist's patient a langer life of better quality.