Osteonecrosis of the jaw linked to bone-modifying drugs is not as rare as once thought; meds are used if cancer spreads to ...

Those patients, a small percentage of them, develop osteonecrosis of the jaw. In the osteoporosis treatment side, this is really very, very unusual. Now, what is osteonecrosis of the jaw?

A study that evaluated the natural history of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ)—an emergent ... therapy in six cases and dental treatment in four cases.

Osteonecrosis of the jaw has been reported ... Bisphosphonates were first approved in the US for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in 1995. These drugs exert their beneficial actions ...