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Summer 2004: Volume 28, Number 4
 
Pediatric Hospital Dentistry

Long-term effects of cancer therapy on dental development: a case report
Sedat Cetiner / Cansu Alpaslan

As the prognosis of malignant conditions in children improve by cancer therapy, long-term side effects due to antineoplastic treatment may be encountered. This case report demonstrates the long-term alterations on dental development in patient who had been treated for malignant condition. Alterations were observed during radiographic control 8 years after the therapy and included short, blunted, tapered and V-shaped root malformations as well as delayed and ectopic eruptions.
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