Bisphosphonate and Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: The Oral Surgeon's Perspective

Bisphosphonates (BPs) are an important class of drugs, useful in the treatment of some metabolic and oncologic skeletal diseases. BPs have shown a sure effectiveness in the treatment and in the palliative care of such pathologies; on the other hand, an avascular osteonecrosis of the jaws (B-ONJ = Bi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. Pompa, I. Bignozzi, M.P. Cristalli, A. Quaranta, S. Di Carlo, S. Annibali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:European Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1201000102