Background: The use of osteoclast inhibitors in metastatic bone disease, increase bone mineral density and reduce the risk of fracture, patients with osteonecrosis have been reported after the chronic use of these inhibitors. In our country, the use of osteoclast inhibitors is in the context of osteoporosis and bone metastases, so it is important to describe the incidence of this complication in Mexican population.
Objective: To describe the incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaws at the Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, during the period from January 1st, 2010 to June 1st, 2016.
Hereditary multiple exostosis is the most common form of bone dysplasia. This entity is also known as diaphyseal aclasis, hereditary deforming chondrodysplasia, multiple hereditary exostoses, multiple osteochondromatosis, multiple cartilaginous exostosis, dyschondroplasia, and Ehrenfried disease. It is an inherited autosomal dominant disease with predominance in males and a benign condition characterized by the presence of multiple exostosis or osteochondromas arising from long and flat bones.
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