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'''Incidence of severe mucositis''' Severe mucositis = grade 2, 3 or 4 mucositis of RTOG Biweekly, treating physicians evaluated patients for mucositis at 15 head-and-neck subsites using a 4-point grading scale. These subsites included the upper lip, lower lip, anterior oral cavity, posterior oral cavity, anterior tongue, posterior tongue, hard palate, oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, skin, ear, salivary glands, and esophagus.  +
'''Duration of mucositus''' Biweekly, treating physicians evaluated patients for mucositis at 15 head-and-neck subsites using a 4-point grading scale. These subsites included the upper lip, lower lip, anterior oral cavity, posterior oral cavity, anterior tongue, posterior tongue, hard palate, oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, skin, ear, salivary glands, and esophagus.  +
On the biweekly examination days, patients filled out a quality of life questionnaire scoring their overall health, soreness, and the effect of soreness on daily activity (including brushing teeth, swallowing, and eating). A Scale of 1–10, with 10 best for health score and 0 worst for soreness score  +
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Modified postoperative symptom severity scale (PoSSe): Patients were scored in 7 dimensions (food, language, feeling, swelling, pain, nausea, and daily living) one week after surgery  +
'''Side effects of tooth extraction: Mouth opening''' Distance from the upper central incisor margin to the lower at the biggest positive mouth opening state before and after surgery; distance differences before and after surgery indicated the limitation of mouth opening degree.  +
Score range = 0 (no pain) to 10 (intolerable severe pain) No pain: 0–1 points for no pain or little pain or pain hard to feel; Mild: 2–3 points for tolerable pain that did not affect sleep; Moderate: 3–6 points for pain that altered normal daily activities and sleep; Severe: ≥7 points for intolerable pain, patients took ibuprofen sustained release capsule or return for a visit  +
'''Side effects of tooth extraction: Swelling''' Value difference of CT+ ME before and after surgery indicated the swelling degree: CT distance: distance of the skin surface from the tragion (T point) on the affected side of the cheek to the cheilion (C point) on the same side; ME distance: distance on the skin surface from the external canthus point on the same side (E point) to the mandibular angle point (M point)  +