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Recent Recommendations on Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaw

From Volume 35, Issue 4, May 2008 | Pages 238-242

Authors

Yazdana Arrain

BDS, DRDP

Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham School of Dentistry, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN

Articles by Yazdana Arrain

Tahir Masud

MA(Oxon), MBBS(Lond), MSc(Nott), FRCP

Professor of Musculoskeletal Gerontology, University of Derby and Consultant Physician, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Hucknell Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK

Articles by Tahir Masud

Abstract

There is increasing awareness of the importance of osteonecrosis of the jaw developing in patients taking bisphosphonates. A recent working party of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research has developed recommendations on the prevention and treatment of this condition which dentists will find useful.

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