Clinical study reveals pre-radiotherapy dental extractions fail to prevent osteoradionecrosis in irradiated patients, indicating routine prophylactic tooth removal warrants reevaluation.
Pre-radiotherapy dental extractions do not protect against the development of osteoradionecrosis. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 39: 128-132, 2017.
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