Stephanie Hackett

BDS(Hons), PGCert(MedEd), Dental Core Trainee

Corresponding author: stephaniehackett@hotmail.com

Head and neck cancer part 3: dental management

Head and neck cancer can result in significant short- and long-term complications which can affect function, aesthetics and social wellbeing. As discussed in the previous paper in this series, there...

Head and neck cancer part 2: the patient journey

Biopsies of suspicious lesions are vital in the grading and staging of cancers, giving an indication of the type, prognosis and rate of spread of the lesion.4 This is generally more straightforward...

Head and Neck cancer part 1: diagnosis and classification

Knowledge of the common risk factors for head and neck cancer can enable dental practitioners to consider the individualized risk levels of their patients and enable them to offer specific and...