Grade of sclerosis in the contralateral mandibular area in osteonecrosis of the jaws
| Autor: | Jose María Díaz-Fernández, L. Bagan, J. Murillo-Cortes, R. Poveda-Roda, M. Leopoldo-Rodado, Jose V. Bagan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Sclerosis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Radiography Dentistry Computed tomography Odontología 030206 dentistry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Case-Control Studies medicine Humans Surgery Mandibular area In patient Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Female Mandibular Diseases Oral Surgery business Aged |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to compare the grade of radiographic sclerosis between the area of osteonecrosis and the at-risk contralateral mandibular area without osteonecrosis. Three groups were studied: group 1 comprised 30 cases of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MRONJ); group 2 was the healthy contralateral area without osteonecrosis of the group 1 cases; group 3 comprised 30 healthy controls. ImageJ software was used to analyze the computed tomography images, and the grade of bone sclerosis was compared between the three groups. The grade of sclerosis was significantly higher in group 1 than in the other groups (P |
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