# OnCo record dry-mouth-teeth-after-head-neck-radiotherapy (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/dry-mouth-teeth-after-head-neck-radiotherapy/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "dry-mouth-teeth-after-head-neck-radiotherapy" ;
  schema:name "Dry mouth, teeth and taste after head and neck radiotherapy"@en ;
  schema:description "Radiotherapy to the head and neck damages the salivary glands and, through the dry mouth that follows, the teeth. Planning that steers dose away from the parotid glands roughly halves lasting dryness and lets saliva recover over a year or two. Teeth need a dental assessment before treatment starts, because extractions afterwards risk the jawbone failing to heal."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/dry-mouth-teeth-after-head-neck-radiotherapy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-10-02"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerostomia> ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70290-4>, <https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199308053290603>, <https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2008.17.2627> ;
  onco:status "standard-of-care" ;
  onco:tag "rejuvenation", "survivorship", "evidence:strong" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-moon-mucositis-taste-programme/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/thyroid/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/rejuvenation/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/acupuncture-xerostomia/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/photobiomodulation-mucositis/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/hyperbaric-oxygen-radiation-injury/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/survivorship-care-plan/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/pilocarpine/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/amifostine/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/mucositis/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/late-effects/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-survivorship/> .