Radiation treatment is an integral part of the oral cancer therapy. It is required either as a prime mode of treatment, pre-surgically /post-surgically, as a part of radio chemotherapy, or as palliative therapy. The key objective of radiotherapy is to pursue control of the tumor locally with minimal harm to the surrounding vital organs. This books gives an updated over view of various types of radiation treatment, adverse effects of radiation treatment on dentition and its management options.

Refugees are a highly vulnerable population, and many having experienced physical and psychological trauma because of war, traumatic injuries, sexual violence, and gender-based violence. Refugees can be from countries ridden with conflict, poverty or climate change and undertake dangerous journeys to reach a place of relative safety. By having a stronger understanding of the key causes of oral health issues among refugees and asylees in the dental providers can better approach managing care for this vulnerable patient population. The concepts of desensitization and fear reduction utilized for...