Osteonecrosis of the jaws: what the physician needs to know: practical considerations
| Autor: | Khaled Abughazaleh, Nadia Kawar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Bone Density Conservation Agents Diphosphonates Osteoradionecrosis business.industry Osteomyelitis Mandible Primary care physician Osteonecrosis General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery stomatognathic diseases stomatognathic system Head and Neck Neoplasms Maxilla Etiology medicine Humans business Complication Sinusitis Radiation Injuries Jaw Diseases |
| Zdroj: | Disease-a-month : DM. 57(4) |
| ISSN: | 1557-8194 |
| Popis: | Osteonecrosis of the jaws is a rare but serious complication that can be difficult to manage and may result in significant morbidity to the patient, including severe pain and loss of large portions of the mandible and/or maxilla. Osteonecrosis can have many etiologies and maybe multifactorial in nature. Osteonecrosis is defined by the exposure of mandibular or maxillary bone through lesions in the gingiva that do not heal. 1 Osteonecrosis can result secondary to necrotizing forms of gingival and periodontal disease, infections, such as osteomyelitis and sinusitis of both bacterial and fungal origins, malignancies, radiation, and medications used in the treatment of malignancies and other bone disorders. Of practical concern to the primary care physician and are 2 forms of osteonecrosis that every physician should be aware off, able to predict, possibly prevent, and aid in management of; these are osteoradionecrosis and bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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