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The Effectiveness of Vitamin “E” in the Treatment of Oral Mucositis in Children Receiving Chemotherapy

  • Azza A. El–Housseiny1,*,
  • Susan M. Saleh2
  • Ashraf A. El–Masry3
  • Amany A. Allam4

1Pediatric Dentistry Pediatric and Community Dentistry department. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alexandria, Egypt

2Community Dentistry Pediatric and Community Dentistry department. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Alexandria, Egypt

3Clinical Oncology Clinical Oncology department. Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt

4Shark El – Madina Hospital. Alexandria, Egypt

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.31.3.r8371x45m42l10j7 Vol.31,Issue 3,May 2007 pp.167-170

Published: 01 May 2007

*Corresponding Author(s): Azza A. El–Housseiny E-mail: ahussini@hotmail.com

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to study the effect of vitamin "E" in the treatment of oral mucositis. 80 patients with oral mucositis were randomly distributed into 2 groups: group A, topically applied vitamin "E" and group B, vitamin "E" was given systemically. The 2 groups were evaluated for 5 days. Results showed that in group A grades of oral mucositis improved significantly, while in group B no significant improvement was noticed.

It is concluded that topical application of 100 mg vitamin "E" twice daily is an effective measure for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis.

Keywords

mucositis, vitamin E, oral

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Azza A. El–Housseiny,Susan M. Saleh,Ashraf A. El–Masry,Amany A. Allam. The Effectiveness of Vitamin “E” in the Treatment of Oral Mucositis in Children Receiving Chemotherapy. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2007. 31(3);167-170.

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