Aims: To evaluate osteoradionecrosis (ORN) incidence in a cohort of patients undergoing tooth extraction (TE) before radiotherapy (RT) for head and neck cancers.
Methods: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (ID-2132) and registered at clinicaltrials.gov (ID: NCT04009161). TE was performed in case of signs of pericoronitis, periapical lesions, restorative impossibility, severe periodontitis. ORN was defined as exposed bone at an unhealed post-extraction socket in the absence of oncological recurrence. The RT plans were reviewed, and each post-extractive socket was contoured to calculate the received radiation dose.
Results: In total, 156 patients with 610 TE were enrolled. The mean follow-up was 567 days. ORN was diagnosed in four patients (2.6% of patients and 0.7% of TE). Need for osteotomy and radiation dose at the extraction site were associated with ORN (OR for osteotomy: 21.9, 95% CI: 2.17-222.2, p = 0.009; OR for RT dose: 1.1, 95% CI: 1-1.15, p = 0.05).
Conclusions: TE appears to be a significant risk factor for ORN, particularly when osteotomy is required, and post-extraction sockets receive a high RT dosage. This study proposes a decision-making algorithm for TE and outlines a straightforward surgical protocol.
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