Pain characteristics in medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws.

Purpose: To characterise pain from medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MRONJ) and the effects of antimicrobial treatment on it.

Methods: Data from files of patients diagnosed with MRONJ according to the position paper of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2014) and Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and American Society of Clinical Oncology (2019) were collected retrospectively, including gender, age, primary disease, bone-modifying agents (BMAs)/anti-angiogenics, administration route, involved jaw, location, and exposure size. The patients were treated according to the abovementioned position papers' recommendations, i.