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Osteoradionecrosis of mandible with pathological fracture: A case report
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Neera Ohri *
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Suryadeep Kaushik
Suryadeep Kaushik
In head and neck cancers radiotherapy is used for therapeutic reasons but it results in a grave complication of Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaws, specially of the mandible. The incidence rate of ORN was up to 15% with the older radiation modalities. However, new treatment modalties like 3D conformal therapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy has resulted in lower incedence rate of up to 6% . The dentist needs to be aware of symptoms of ORN as they can be the first person to diagnose ORN. We here, report a case of mandibular ORN with pathlogical fracture, and its management.
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