retrospective study on the care of oral
complications in the admission
patients with major malignant
tumors. The study was based on a series of 376
patients treated at Dong San Medical Center, Wonju Christian
Hospital and Il San
Health Insurance Hospital, from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2002. The malignant
tumor of
lung and
bronchus was the most frequent
incidence and the
tumor of
stomach,
liver and
biliary tract,
rectum and
colon were next in order of frequency. But, there was the most frequent dental
consultation in the malignant
tumor of
head and
neck, owing to the many oral
diseases.
Male prediction (69.7%) was existed in the admission
patients with major malignant
tumors and oral
diseases. The most common
age group of the admission
patients with the malignant
tumors and oral
diseases was the sixty decade(29.8%), followed by the fifty, forty & seventy decade in order. In the content of chief complaints on the admission
patients with major malignant
tumors and oral
complications, peak
incidence was occurred as
toothache (33.2%), followed by mucosal
pain,
mastication difficulty, dental extraction, oral
bleeding in order. In the
diagnosis group of oral
complications in the
patients with the malignant
tumors,
periodontitis,
pulpitis,
mucositis and
xerostomia were more common. In the
treatment group of oral
complications in the
patients, the most frequent
incidence(32.6%) was showed in primary endodontic
drainage(pulp extirpation, occlusal reduction and canal opening
drainage) and followed by incision and
drainage, scaling, medications &
oral hygiene instruction, continuous oral
dressing in order.