Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of jaws

Bisphosphonates are used to treat osteoporosis. Paget disease of bone and other metabolic bone diseases, multiple myeloma, and skeletal events associated with metastatic neoplasms- In 2003, the first reports describing osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in patients receiving bisphosphonates were publish...

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Main Authors: Geetha Vijay, Vijay Raghavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology
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Online Access:http://www.jiaomr.in/article.asp?issn=0972-1363;year=2012;volume=24;issue=4;spage=330;epage=333;aulast=Vijay