Table 1.
Summary of the patients’ data
| 1993 | 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol and tobacco abuse | Before radiotherapy | 84.4% | 86.1% |
| After radiotherapy | 26.7% | 36.1% | |
| Predominant subjective complaints | problems with dentures | 28.3% | 11.1% |
| Oral pain | 12.4% | 8.3% | |
| Extraoral findings | Trism | 52.8% | 11.1% |
| Paresthesias | – | 25% | |
| Intraoral findings | Candida mycoses | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Leukoplacia | 2.9% | – | |
| Transitory mucositis | No information | 72% | |
| IORN | – | 2.7% | |
| X- ray diagnostics | Marginal periodontitis | 24.6% | 16.6% |
| Apical periodontitis | 19.3% | 16.6% | |
| Cysts of the maxillary sinus | 2.6% | 2.7% | |
| Residual roots of teeth | 11.4% | 2.7% | |
The subjective complaints of the patients as well as extraoral, intraoral and radiological statements are listed from both observation years