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01-06-2003 | Original Article

Dental treatment prior to stem cell transplantation and its influence on the posttransplantation outcome

Authors: A. B. Melkos, G. Massenkeil, R. Arnold, P. A. Reichart

Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations | Issue 2/2003

Abstract

Patients who receive allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) for hematological malignancies are at increased risk of developing oral complications. To reduce morbidity pretransplantation dental evaluation and treatment of all sources of potential infection have become standard of care for these patients. This study examined the effect of dental foci on the posttransplantation (post-SCT) outcome in two groups of patients who underwent allogeneic or autologous SCT: those who had no dental foci or completed dental treatment preoperatively (n=36) and those who underwent SCT without dental interventions (n=22). Statistical analysis showed no significant correlations between dental foci and infections, mucositis, and survival rate post-SCT. We therefore do not recommend a radical dental treatment pre-SCT.

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Title: Dental treatment prior to stem cell transplantation and its influence on the posttransplantation outcome
Authors: A. B. Melkos
G. Massenkeil
R. Arnold
P. A. Reichart
Publication date: 01-06-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Oral Investigations / Issue 2/2003
Print ISSN: 1432-6981
Electronic ISSN: 1436-3771
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-003-0209-4

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