Question 297 · LDEK · Children with systemic diseases and disabilities

The effects of anticancer treatment in childhood may embrace:

1) decrease of salivary flow;
2) tendency to tooth caries;
3) presence of supernumerary teeth;
4) rhizomegaly;
5) hypoplasia of enamel in permanent teeth.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. all.
  2. B. 1,2,4,5.
  3. C. 1,2,5.
  4. D. 2,3,5.
  5. E. 4,5.
Hint

Chemo- and radiotherapy suppress developing tissues — consider salivary glands and tooth germs, and whether therapy would add or remove tissue.

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