October 20, 2008
Oral checkup after Chemotherapy
Your dentist can help to establish a prevention to lessen the inconvenience:
- It is important that patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment are reviewed prior endo-mouth.
- It is desirable to hand in the mouth and remove any dental cause and irritative periodontal, any outbreak of infection to avoid infectious complications.
- A check on gingival health, with prevention of gingivitis can limit side effects.
- It is important that patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment is a perfect dental and oral hygiene.
- It takes a perfect dental plaque, gingival under irrigation and other uses of fluoride.
- A brushing of the tongue especially when drought helps eliminate bacteria and debris.
- It is essential to drink at least one and a half liters per day to properly hydrate.
We should not hesitate to visit our dentist:
- He taught a technique of brushing appropriate, with a soft toothbrush for not traumatize the skin.
- It prescribe mouth rinses to fight against drought mouth.
- It will advocate perhaps an injection of fluoride to control caries lesions.
- It will follow a good oral dental cavity that is the gateway to the infections.
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