The clinical and X-ray classification of osteonecrosis of the low jaw
Medvedev, I.A.; Basin, E.M.; Sokolina, I.A.
Vestnik Rentgenologii i Radiologii 5: 9-14
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4676 PMID: 25672148 Document Number: 668682
To elaborate a clinical and X-ray classification of osteonecrosis of the low jaw in people with desomorphine or pervitin addiction. Ninety-two patients with drug addiction who had undergone orthopantomography, direct frontal X-ray of the skull, and multislice computed tomography, followed by multiplanar and three-dimensional imaging reconstruction were examined. One hundred thirty four X-ray films and 74 computed tomographic images were analyzed. The authors proposed a clinical and X-ray classification of osteonecrosis of the low jaw in people with desomorphine or pervitin addiction and elaborated recommendations for surgical interventions on the basis of the developed classification. The developed clinical and X-ray classification and recommendations for surgical interventions may be used to treat osteonecroses of various etiology.