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Lesions Due to Radiation

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Periodontal Manifestations of Local and Systemic Diseases

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Radiotherapy involving the mouth invariably produces bums and mucositis and if it involves the salivary glands, often produces xerostomia.

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  1. Medical School, University of Athens, 37 Ipsilandou Street, 10676, Athens, Greece

    George Laskaris MD, DDS, PhD (Head of Oral Medicine Clinic,“A. Sygros” Hospital Associate Professor of Oral Medicine Medical School)

  2. Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X8LD, UK

    Crispian Scully CBE, MD, PhD, MDS, MRCS, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS, FFDRCSI, FDSRCSE, FRCPath, FMedSci (Director)

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Laskaris, G., Scully, C. (2003). Lesions Due to Radiation. In: Periodontal Manifestations of Local and Systemic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55596-1_9

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