Michael T. Brennan, DDS, MHS, is chair of the Department of Oral Medicine/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is also a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose.
Individuals with head and neck cancer are at high risk of negative oral health effects related to recommended treatment, which frequently includes radiation.