If you’re going through treatment for a serious illness, you’re hoping to feel better. Often, though, the treatment leads to all sorts of side effects that are uncomfortable at best and truly painful at worst. Oral mucositis  is one of those side effect. It can occur during radiation and chemotherapy treatment, especially for head and neck cancers.

When patients experience oral mucositis, the pain and discomfort can often lead them to skip treatment appointments or stop taking their medication. In the end, resulting in failure to properly treat their cancer.

As a dentist, there’s not a whole lot dentists can do for a cancer patient…it’s just not in your scope of practice. And I imagine it must be very frustrating to see your patients suffer. However, one thing you can do is them suggestions to help relieve some of their side effects, especially those related to their oral health.

OraPharma’s oral rinse, NeutraSal, is a product developed specifically to help relieve the symptoms of oral mucositis. It reduces pain and discomfort, decreases the accumulation of saliva, and improves difficulty with eating, drinking, and swallowing.

 Providing this kind of support to your patients—helping them to be as comfortable as possible during their cancer treatment—can be very rewarding.

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