BRONJ: A Word of Caution in Bisphosphonate Prescription Pages 8-13

Syed Adnan Ali Shah1, Adnan Aslam2,3, Shahid Ali3 and Armaghan Israr Mirza3

1Department of Dental Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; 2Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; 3Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, de’Montmorency College of Dentistry / Punjab Dental Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2311-9888.2014.01.01.2

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Abstract: We describe the case of an elderly female who had received IV bisphosphonates (Zoledronic acid) and had presented with a non healing tooth socket after tooth removal. The patient was managed conservatively with local curettage and recovered from the jaw problem.

Keywords: IV bisphosphonates, Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws, BRONJ, Non healing tooth socket, Zoledronate. Read more