2020 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 85-90
Our Nutrition Support Team （NST） started medical and dental collaboration after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Perioperative oral management was newly introduced by revision of medical fees in 2012, so we planned to expand medical and dental collaboration by perioperative oral management. We started from esophageal cancer patient's preoperative oral management, gradually expanded to prevent osteonecrosis of the jaw, radiotherapy and chemotherapy patients. The target patients gradually increased, and many patients were referred to regional dental clinics. We think the medical and dental collaboration is expanding our region, but questionnaire for members of dental association revealed lesser and insufficient information sharing. Tackling this discrepancy will be our next task.
