Remember
The individuals listed here provided assistance in developing, reviewing, and field testing all of the campaign publicationsstrong The campaign sponsors would like to thank them for their contributions.
Scientific Committee
Gerry Barker, R.D.H., M.A.
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Susan L. Beck, R.N., Ph.D., A.O.C.N.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Marylin Dodd, R.N., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Joel Epstein, D.M.D., M.S.D., F.R.C.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Philip Fox, D.D.S.
Bethesda, MD
Deborah McGuire, R.N., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Douglas Peterson, D.M.D., Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
Farmington, CT
Mark M. Schubert, D.D.S., M.S.D.
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
John Wingard, M.D.
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Field Testers
Olubunmi Abayomi, M.D.
Howard University Hospital
Washington, DC
Alice Bass, B.S.N., O.C.N.
Greater Southeast Community Hospital
Washington, DC
Betsy Bischoff, R.N., M.S.
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC
Andrea Bonnick, D.D.S.
Howard University
Washington, DC
Dorothy Chesley, R.N., Ph.D.
Texas Nursing Foundation
Austin, TX
Nancy E. Leupold, M.S.
Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC)
Locust Valley, NY
Alice Mahan, B.S., R.T.T.
Howard University Hospital
Washington, DC
MiKaela Olsen, R.N., M.S., O.C.N.
UCSF Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Peter Passero, D.D.S.
Prizm Dental Partners and Management Group
McLean, VA
K. Vendrell Rankin, D.D.S.
Baylor College of Dentistry
Dallas, TX
Oral Health, Cancer Care, and You is an awareness campaign sponsored by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) through its National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse (NOHIC). This campaign is being conducted in partnership with the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Friends of the NIDCR.
National Oral Health
Information Clearinghouse
Attn: OCCT
1 NOHIC Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3500
Fax: 301-907-8830
E-mail: nohic@nidcr.nih.gov
NIH Publication No. 02-4362
- Visit your dentist before your head and neck radiation treatment starts
- Take good care of your mouth during treatment
Talk to your dentist about using fluoride gel to help prevent all the cavities that head and neck radiation causes
- Talk regularly with your cancer doctor and dentist about any mouth problems you have during and after head and neck radiation treatment