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Management of a post-radiotherapy xerostomic patient--a case report
Yashpal Singh1, Monika Saini, Amit Siwach
1Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttarpradesh, India. dryashpal.singh@gmail.com
Objective:
The objective of the study was to fabricate complete denture with palatal reservoir filled with artificial saliva for a post radiotherapy edentulous patient.
Background:
Xerostomia is a subjective complaint rather than a disease. It is caused by irradiation, medication, Sjogren's syndrome & neurological factors such as stress. Radiotherapeutic treatment of head and neck cancer patients often causes long term dysfunction involving their salivary function, swallowing capabilities & taste. All three of these domains are affected by radiation- induced damage to the salivary glands. This in turn results in poor retention of complete denture, frequent trauma to alveolar ridge & other oral infections. All these events drastically affects quality of life of ageing patients.
Material And Method:
A complete denture in heat cure acrylic resin was fabricated in which a palatal reservoir was made on the palatal side.
Results:
Problems arising due to xerostomia were reduced to a great extent.
Conclusion:
Prosthodontic management of Xerostomic patient include several techniques. This paper presents a case report of post radiotherapy edentulous patient in which complete denture with palatal reservoir filled with artificial saliva was fabricated.
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