Quantitative ultrasound at the hand phalanges in patients with bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws

• Main Authors: Ana Carolina Fragoso MOTTA (Author), Leandro Dorigan de MACEDO (Author), Gisele Guimarães SANTOS (Author), Carlos Tostes GUERREIRO (Author), Tatiane FERRARI (Author), Thais Feitosa Leitão de OLIVEIRA (Author), Paulo Sérgio da Silva SANTOS (Author), Christiano de OLIVEIRA-SANTOS (Author), Hilton Marcos Alves RICZ (Author), Samuel Porfírio XAVIER (Author), Odilon IANNETTA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients with bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (BRONJ) who received intravenous or oral bisphosphonates (BP) were selected for determination of their bone microarchitecture as a risk predictor of BRONJ development. The diagnosis of BRONJ was made based on clinical and radiographic fi...