What is your approach to reporting mandible dose received to the dentist/oral surgeon?

There are multiple ways to view this question - either as part of the pre-radiation therapy work up, or as information sent along after the patient has received treatment and may need ongoing dental care or procedures performed by an oral surgeon.

In the first scenario, we have a form letter that we send with every patient to provide to a dentist as part of pre-RT work up. We typically indicate the teeth that we estimate will receive 50 Gy or more (to the tooth and the associated mandible) as wel...

Ask for the tooth numbers that will be impacted. Review the dosimetry and document the dose to the areas in question.