Chemotherapy and dental growth

• Published in: Bulletin du cancer Vol. 82; no. 1; p. 46
• Main Authors: Nawrocki, L, Libersa, P, Poissonnier, B, Baranzelli, M C, Libersa, J C, Demaille, M C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01.01.1995
• Subjects: Adolescent; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - adverse effects; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Odontogenesis - drug effects; Prospective Studies; Tooth - drug effects; Tooth Abnormalities - chemically induced; Tooth Calcification; Tooth Eruption - drug effects; Tooth Root - drug effects; Tooth Root - growth & development
• ISSN: 0007-4551

A prospective study about the development of the mandibular second right molar, has been performed with 17 chemotherapy treated children in the Paediatric Oncology department of the Centre Oscar-Lambret (Lille). Our method is based upon the measure of the crown or root length for different periods: periods with or without chemotherapy. These measurements have been performed every 6 months for 18 months with orthopantomograms. We notice for both the crown and the root: a significant difference in growing speed between periods with an without chemotherapy; a speeding up of the mineralization at the end of the treatment rejoining the average figures of a healthy test population.