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Diagnosis and management of late onset osteoradionecrosis of the mandible

Author(s) -

T. Musbah,

Mel Mupparapu

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of orofacial sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2320-4737

pISSN - 0975-8844

DOI - 10.4103/0975-8844.113711

Subject(s) - osteoradionecrosis , medicine , head and neck , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , malignancy , radiation therapy , lesion , dental practice , mandibular diseases , dentistry , radiology , surgery , pathology , botany , biology , genus , molar

Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is frequently encountered in clinical dental practice. The identification and management of such a lesion is often challenging. This clinical report is based on a patient who had radiation therapy to the head and neck region for a salivary gland malignancy. The patient developed ORN of the mandible 12 years later. This demonstrates the need to understand the pathophysiology of this condition better than we currently know

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