Idiopathic Exposed Bone Lesions of the Jaw

• Main Authors: Božana Lončar Brzak (Author), Vanja Vučićević Boras (Author), Ana Kotarac Knežević (Author), Mato Sušić (Author), Sven Seiwerth (Author), Dragana Gabrić (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Osteonecrosis of the jaw is defined as exposed bone in the oral cavity that does not heal longer than eight weeks after identification. The two most common predisposing factors for osteonecrosis of the jaw are medication-related and radiotherapy. Rarely, exposed bone in the maxillofaci...