Question 315 · LDEK · Children with systemic diseases and disabilities

In a child with malignant disease, extraction of teeth with poor prognosis is performed:

  1. A. 7 days before the start of chemotherapy at the latest.
  2. B. 10 days before the start of chemotherapy at the latest.
  3. C. 21 days before the start of chemotherapy at the latest.
  4. D. at any time, with proper antibiotic prophylaxis.
  5. E. not sooner than 3 months after the end of radiotherapy in the head and neck area.
Hint

The socket needs time to begin healing before chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and thrombocytopenia develop.

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