Tooth extraction socket healing in pediatric patients treated with intravenous pamidronate.

Chahine, Carol; Cheung, Moira S; Head, Timothy W; Schwartz, Stéphane; Glorieux, Francis H; Rauch, Frank · J Pediatr · 2008

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Abstract

Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) has been described as a complication of bisphosphonate therapy in adults. In the present study, we did not find a case of ONJ among 278 pediatric patients who had received intravenous pamidronate during childhood or adolescence.

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