Open AccessDoes Drug Holiday Affect Jaw Trabeculation in Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw? – A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Niranzena Panneer-Selvam,
Abdullah A. Alamoudi,
Joseph N. Riley,
Joseph Katz
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of clinical and experimental dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1989-5488
DOI - 10.4317/jced.59503
Subject(s) - osteonecrosis of the jaw , medicine , drug , drug holiday , dentistry , osteoporosis , significant difference , bisphosphonate , maxilla , pharmacology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The role of drug holiday in long term antiresorptive drug users to prevent MRONJ is debated for quite some time. We aimed to compare jawbone trabeculation between patients on drug holiday with those not on drug holiday among Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ) cases using fractal analysis and to estimate the frequency of MRONJ despite being on drug holiday.