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Revista Cubana de Estomatología
Print version ISSN 0034-7507On-line version ISSN 1561-297X
Abstract
MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, Adel et al. Mandibular osteonecrosis: clinical and imaging findings in a patient treated with denosumab. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2022, vol.59, n.2, e3344. Epub June 16, 2022. ISSN 0034-7507.
Introduction:
The administration of bisphosphonates and antiangiogenic drugs in cancer patients is a usual therapeutic scheme in oncology. There are reports of osteonecrosis of the jaws in patients undergoing this treatment scheme, after performing an invasive dental procedure.
Objective:
Show the dentist from the clinical and imaging characteristics of the pathology on the drugs for the treatment of cancer sensitivity to generate osteonecrosis of the jaws.
Case presentation:
An 89-year-old male patient with prostate cancer treated with denosumab developed osteonecrosis of the lower jaw after tooth extraction. It is vitally important that the dentist identifies medications, risk factors and measures to minimize the risk of osteonecrosis of the jaws in sensitivy patients.
Keywords : bisphosphonates; osteonecrosis of the jaws; denosumab; tooth extraction.
