[Chemotherapy and dental growth]

Bull Cancer. 1995 Jan;82(1):46-50.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A prospective study about the development of the mandibular second right molar, has been performed with 17 chemotherapy treated children in the Paediatric Oncology department of the Centre Oscar-Lambret (Lille). Our method is based upon the measure of the crown or root length for different periods: periods with or without chemotherapy. These measurements have been performed every 6 months for 18 months with orthopantomograms. We notice for both the crown and the root: a significant difference in growing speed between periods with an without chemotherapy; a speeding up of the mineralization at the end of the treatment rejoining the average figures of a healthy test population.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Odontogenesis / drug effects*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Tooth / drug effects*
  • Tooth Abnormalities / chemically induced
  • Tooth Calcification
  • Tooth Eruption / drug effects*
  • Tooth Root / drug effects
  • Tooth Root / growth & development*