@Article{Dholam2018,
journal="Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy",
issn="1689-832X",
volume="10",
number="4",
year="2018",
title="High-dose-rate brachytherapy in severe trismus: Making it happen!",
abstract="Brachytherapy has been widely employed as a salvage or adjuvant modality in localized early and/or recurrent lesions. In recent years, advances in brachytherapy techniques have helped to achieve better loco-regional disease control and higher survival rates at the cost of limited morbidity. This is mainly owing to the development of technologically advanced three-dimensional computer planning systems and treatment delivery techniques. Low-dose-rate brachytherapy has been substituted by high-dose-rate and pulsed-dose-rate techniques, which allow better dose optimization. Inter-disciplinary approach results in fabrication of customized intra-oral surface mould, which allows accurate dose delivery, excellent dose distribution, and is less time-consuming. However, fabrication of surface mould becomes extremely challenging when intra-oral anatomic factors are unfavorable. We present a report on the management of a previously-irradiated completely edentulous patient with severe trismus for whom high-dose-rate surface mould brachytherapy had been prescribed. A unique, reliable, and practical solution has been presented based firmly on the scientific knowledge of contemporary implant dentistry.",
author="Dholam, Kanchan
and Singh, Gurkaran Preet
and Laskar, Sarbani Ghosh
and Gurav, Sandeep V.
and Akire, Gorakh S.",
pages="380--384",
doi="10.5114/jcb.2018.77958",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.77958"
}