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SUBMITTER: Dalle Carbonare L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7915474 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dalle Carbonare Luca L Mottes Monica M Valenti Maria Teresa MT
Nutrients 20210208 2
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a severe clinical condition characterized mostly but not exclusively by an area of exposed bone in the mandible and/or maxilla that typically does not heal over a period of 6-8 weeks. The diagnosis is first of all clinical, but an imaging feedback such as Magnetic Resonance is essential to confirm clinical suspicions. In the last few decades, medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) has been widely discussed. From the first case reported in 2003, many ...[more]