Following radiotherapy, many patients with osteoradionecrosis suffer from xerostomia, thereby decreasing their quality of life. Patients can develop problems with speech, eating, increased dental caries, dysphagia, fractured dentition, chronic refractory osteomyelitis and osteoradionecrosis….
Source: Does hyperbaric oxygen therapy have the potential to improve salivary gland function in irradiated head and neck cancer patients?
