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Patient with post radiation dental complications present a great challenge to the dental practitioners. Following radiotherapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer, a number of complications are reported to occur like, mucositis, osteoradionecrosis, xerostomia, radiation caries etc. A multidisciplinary approach involving specialists from restorative dentistry, endodontics, prosthodontics and oral surgery are necessary for a functional oral rehabilitation of such patients. The case reports presented in this article discusses the interdisciplinary treatment protocol and clinical approach to be followed for the management, overall oral rehabilitation, long term stabilization, and re-establishment of occlusion along with appropriate clinical follow-up for the patients who have undergone radiation and reported with post-irradiated dental complications.

Radiation Caries, Oral Rehabilitation, Xerostomia, Multidisciplinary Approach.