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An initial inflammatory condition of the oral mucosa resulting from the cellular injury created by high-dose radiation energy. While the initial phase, usually beginning 3 weeks into a radiotherapy treatment protocol, comprises acute inflammation and hyperemia, this usually subsides about 3 to 4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy into a fibrotic chronic phase.