Strategies in management of oral mucositis Anis Babbar Ali1, Singh Satpal1, Bashir Ahlam1, Kaushik Shalini1, Mishra Govind1, Mittal Sachin2,* 1Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India *Address for correspondence: Sachin Mittal Email Id: sachin2627@gmail.com
Online published on 28 January, 2019. Abstract Oral mucositis is a clinically important and sometimes dose-limiting complication of cancer therapy. Mucositis lesions are painful, affect nutrition and quality of life and often hamper continuity of the treatment modality. The pathogenesis of oral mucositis is multifactorial and complex. This is a review paper which discusses various aspects a clinician should know in management of mucositis. Top Keywords Mucositis, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF), Radiation, Erythema. Top |