Periimplantitis may trigger the development of Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Oncological Patients

Author(s):  
Thabet Asbi

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-02
Author(s):  
Picardo Noemi

It is essential that oncological patients treated with antiresorptives or antiangiogenic drugs diagnosed Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ) must be treated in an interdisciplinary fashion. The patient’s stomatognathic system should be examined preventatively prior to the initiation of antiresorptive drugs in order to avoid pathological buccal manifestations, following the same healthcare clinical protocols used for patients receiving head and neck radiotherapy. Additionally, patients should be informed of the precautions to be taken, including regular dental appointments for oral health assessment. The risk of developing MRONJ should be evaluated according to the type of antiresorptives or antiangiogenic drugs administered and treatment duration. In the case of MRONJ, its fundamental characteristic is positioned in the biochemical particularity of the pharmacokinetic expression of antiresorptive drugs, reversibly (DS) or irreversibly (BPs) inhibiting the functionality of the osteoclast. Therefore, the consideration of invading bone tissue as little as possible and performing resective therapies in cases of systemic infectious spread follows, since its long-term resolution would not be effective because the drug (BPs) has frank accumulation at a distance, a characteristic used by treating doctors and it would not have clinical relevance to suggest its suspension. According to the recommendations of AAOMS; Task Force and AOCMF coincide with the sharing of consensus on minimally invasive manipulations once the necrotic foci have been installed and the preventive attitude prevails of eliminating all septic foci prophylactically before starting therapy with antiresorptive drugs. There are positions with a trend more committed to frank bone manipulation with the aim of evacuating the infectious problem and other more conservative positions in order not to expand drug necrosis volumetrically due to bone accumulation of BPs or DS.





2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Olimpia Bunta ◽  
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Iulia Najette Crintea ◽  
Andreea Pop ◽  
Adina Nemes ◽  
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Bone metastases affect a large number of oncological patients and can determine complications that can impact the quality of life of our patients and further translate into lessen treatment results and overall survival. Treatment with bisphosphonates (BP) has proven its efficacy in preventing the development of the complications related to bone metastases. BP are well tolerated in general but severe adverse events can occur, like osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). Besides ONJ there are other dental and maxillofacial complications determined by BP, complications that by elementary preventive measures can be avoided.



Author(s):  
ANA RAPHAELA MAIA DEZAN COUTO CURVO ◽  
VICTOR AUGUSTO MINARI ◽  
LARA MARIA ALENCAR RAMOS INNOCENTINI ◽  
HILTON MARCOS ALVES RICZ ◽  
ADRIANO TADEU MARANGONI ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (04) ◽  
pp. 108-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-J. Kaiser ◽  
U. Cremerius ◽  
O. Sabri ◽  
M. Schreckenberger ◽  
P. Reinartz ◽  
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Summary Aim of the present study was to investigate the feasibility of 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) imaging in oncological patients with a dual head gamma camera modified for coincidence detection (MCD). Methods: Phantom studies were done to determine lesion detection at various lesion-to-background ratios, system sensitivity and spatial resolution. Thirty-two patients with suspected or known malignant disease were first studied with a dedicated full-ring PET system (DPET) applying measured attenuation correction and subsequently with an MCD system without attenuation correction. MCD images were first interpreted without knowledge of the DPET findings. In a second reading, MCD and DPET were evaluated simultaneously. Results: The phantom studies revealed a comparable spatial resolution for DPET and MCD (5.9 × 6.3 × 4.2 mm vs. 5.9 × 6.5 × 6.0 mm). System sensitivity of MCD was less compared to DPET (91 cps/Bq/ml/cmF0V vs. 231 cps/ Bq/ml/cmFOv). At a lesion-to-background ratio of 4:1, DPET depicted a minimal phantom lesion of 1.0 cm in diameter, MCD a minimal lesion of 1.6 cm. With DPET, a total of 91 lesions in 27 patients were classified as malignant. MCD without knowledge of DPET results revealed increased FDG uptake in all patients with positive DPET findings. MCD detected 72 out of 91 DPET lesions (79.1 %). With knowledge of the DPET findings, 11 additional lesions were detected (+12%). MCD missed lesions in six patients with relevance for staging in two patients. All lesions with a diameter above 18 mm were detected. Conclusion: MCD FDG imaging yielded results comparable to dedicated PET in most patients. However, a considerable number of small lesions clearly detectable with DPET were not detected by MCD alone. Therefore, MCD cannot yet replace dedicated PET in all oncological FDG studies. Further technical refinement of this new method is needed to improve image quality (e.g. attenuation correction).



2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
V. A. Cherkasov ◽  
B. I. Dolgushin ◽  
Iu. G. Andreev ◽  
O. V. Somonova
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christie-Lee Wall ◽  
Verity Pacey ◽  
Kelly Gray ◽  
Richard McGee ◽  
Melissa Fiscaletti ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fergus MacLean ◽  
Rebecca Mason ◽  
Jeff Downie ◽  
Iain Watt ◽  
Andrew Gallagher ◽  
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