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...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-01-01
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Series: | European Journal of Inflammation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X1201000102 |