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Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw
Introduction: Osteonecrosis of the jaw is defined as exposed bone in the oral cavity that does not heal longer than eight weeks after identification. The two most common predisposing factors for osteonecrosis of the jaw are medication-related and radiotherapy. Rarely, exposed bone in the maxillofaci...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6630877/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj7020055 |
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author | Lončar Brzak, Božana Vučičević Boras, Vanja Kotarac Knežević, Ana Sušić, Mato Seiwerth, Sven Gabrić, Dragana |
author_facet | Lončar Brzak, Božana Vučičević Boras, Vanja Kotarac Knežević, Ana Sušić, Mato Seiwerth, Sven Gabrić, Dragana |
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description | Introduction: Osteonecrosis of the jaw is defined as exposed bone in the oral cavity that does not heal longer than eight weeks after identification. The two most common predisposing factors for osteonecrosis of the jaw are medication-related and radiotherapy. Rarely, exposed bone in the maxillofacial region can occur due to other causes and represents a clinical and therapeutic challenge for the dentist because there is no universally accepted treatment protocol. Case presentation: We report a case of a patient with two idiopathic lesions of exposed bone which have healed after systemic antibiotic therapy, seven weeks after the first examination. Conclusion: Exposed bone lesions of the jaw are a rare entity and are poorly documented in the literature. It is necessary to exclude possible local or systemic contributing factors. Surgical and conservative therapy (antibiotics) are the treatment of choice. |
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spelling | pubmed-66308772019-08-19 Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw Lončar Brzak, Božana Vučičević Boras, Vanja Kotarac Knežević, Ana Sušić, Mato Seiwerth, Sven Gabrić, Dragana Dent J (Basel) Case Report Introduction: Osteonecrosis of the jaw is defined as exposed bone in the oral cavity that does not heal longer than eight weeks after identification. The two most common predisposing factors for osteonecrosis of the jaw are medication-related and radiotherapy. Rarely, exposed bone in the maxillofacial region can occur due to other causes and represents a clinical and therapeutic challenge for the dentist because there is no universally accepted treatment protocol. Case presentation: We report a case of a patient with two idiopathic lesions of exposed bone which have healed after systemic antibiotic therapy, seven weeks after the first examination. Conclusion: Exposed bone lesions of the jaw are a rare entity and are poorly documented in the literature. It is necessary to exclude possible local or systemic contributing factors. Surgical and conservative therapy (antibiotics) are the treatment of choice. MDPI 2019-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6630877/ /pubmed/31159353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj7020055 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Lončar Brzak, Božana Vučičević Boras, Vanja Kotarac Knežević, Ana Sušić, Mato Seiwerth, Sven Gabrić, Dragana Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw |
title | Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw |
title_full | Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw |
title_fullStr | Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw |
title_full_unstemmed | Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw |
title_short | Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw |
title_sort | idiopathic exposed bone lesions of the jaw |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6630877/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj7020055 |
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