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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 66-72 |
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New Treatment Approaches of Oral Mucositis: A Review of Literature
Narges Gholizadeh, Nafiseh Sheykhbahaei, Maryam-Sadat Sadrzadeh-Afshar
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Dental Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Maryam-Sadat Sadrzadeh-Afshar
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine, Dental Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/2321-8568.190319
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Oral mucositis (OM) is described as inflammation of the mucosa in the oral cavity which is caused by destruction of the oral mucosal epithelial cells and growth suppression secondary to cancer treatment in the form of radiotherapy or chemotherapeutic drug substances. It is the most debilitating condition and the most common complication in cancer patients. It appears first by thinning of oral tissues which leads to erythema. As these tissues become thinner, ulceration eventually occurs. Potential complications include pain, increased risk of local and systemic infections, bleeding and insufficient food intake and may lead to breaks in treatment sessions. It is usually associated with pain, increased risk of infection and dysphasia and may lead to inadequate hydration and impaired nutritional status. Traditional management of OM has involved patient compliance and education, hydration, nutritional support, use of saline rinses, topical and systemic pain relief and infection surveillance and treatment. The PubMed, Medline, Ovid, Science Direct and Google were searched from 1998 to 2015. The search terms used for medical subject heading were 'oral mucositis' and 'new treatments of mucositis'. Unfortunately, there is not a single method which is capable of preventing or eliminating OM in an efficient way. In this article, we reviewed new therapeutic methods of OM including cryotherapy, honey and coffee, propolis, low-level laser therapy, growth factors, stem cell therapy, hyaluronic acid-based substances and matrix metalloprotease blockers. |
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