Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

Complications of Bisphosphonate therapy in Dentistry

  • Author:
  • Sudakshina Mukherjee1, N. Aravindha Babu2,, E. Rajesh3, K. M. K. Masthan4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 3212 to 3217

1Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research

2Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research

3Reader, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research

4Professor and Head of the Department Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research

*Corresponding Author: Dr. N. Aravindha Babu, MDS Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research

Online published on 27 March, 2020.

Abstract

Bisphosphonates are group of drugs that inhibit bone resorption thus used in the treatment certain disorders like Paget's disease, Osteoporosis, Multiple Myeloma and metastasis associated with breast or prostate cancer. The most common complication faced by any dental surgeon is Osteonecrosis of Jaw which can occur after any surgical procedures. Since proper effective treatment of Bisphosphonate induced osteonecrosis is not known prevention is very important in high risk individuals.

Keywords

Bisphosphonates, osteonecrosis of jaw, osteoporosis