Abstract:
Dental implants offer one way to replace missing teeth and associated tissues. Patients who have undergone radiotherapy and those that have also undergone surgery for cancer may benefit particularly from reconstruction with implants. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been advocated to improve the success of implant treatment in patients who have undergone radiotherapy but this remains a controversial issue. This review aims to compare success, morbidity, patient satisfaction and cost effectiveness of dental implant treatment carried out with and without HBO in irradiated patients. The Cochrane Oral Health Group Specialised Register, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched. In addition, the bibliographies of review articles were checked for studies outside the handsearched journals and personal references were searched. We also wrote to implant manufacturers and experts in the field. Randomised controlled trials of HBO therapy for irradiated patients requiring dental implants.
Coulthard, Esposito, Worthington, Jokstad, , , , , (2002). Interventions for replacing missing teeth: hyperbaric oxygen therapy for irradiated patients who require dental implants. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2002 ;(3):CD003603. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12137701