This narrative review addresses the role of a dentist in the management of oncology patients, highlighting the oral complications that arise in head and neck radiation oncology patients and medical oncology patients. The prevention and management of these complications are discussed.
Keywords: HPV; IMRT; bone marrow transplant; dental oncology; haemopoietic stem cell transplant; immune checkpoint inhibitors; immunotherapy; medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw; mucositis; oral cancer; oropharyngeal cancer; osteoradionecrosis; proton beam radiotherapy; trismus; xerostomia.