[Post-therapeutic follow-up of oral spinocellular epithelioma]

During the follow-up of patients treated for squamous cell carcinoma, dentists have to look for recurrences and metastases. They play also a very important role in the prevention and treatment of the different treatment induced oral sequelae. Special attention is drawn to the postradiation complications like mucositis, xerostomia, radiation caries, trismus and osteoradionecrosis. Despite the fact that no universal accepted protocols are available, the author presents some therapeutic procedures, based on the review of the literature and clinical experience. The importance of a long time follow-up is underlined.