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M Montonen

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PubMed2001

Disodium clodronate in the treatment of diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (DSO) of the mandible.

Diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (DSO) of the mandible is a chronic condition, the cause of which is not known. Jaw pain, occurring irregularly, is a typical symptom. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of disodium clodronate for relieving pain in patients with DSO. Disodium clodronate is a bisphosphonate used to treat diseases of bone and calcium metabolism. Ten DSO patients experiencing pain received disodium clodronate or placebo intravenously on a randomized double-blind basis. Both minimum (300 mg) and maximum (900 mg) doses were well tolerated. Disodium clodronate administration did not result in better immediate pain relief than placebo administration. However, 6 months after treatment there was a statistically significant difference in pain intensity between the groups, with the disodium clodronate group experiencing significantly less pain.

Adult↗
PubMed2000

[The unknown SAPHO].

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Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome↗
PubMed1997

Educational approaches.

Three papers were presented in the session focusing on educational approaches: Anu Narusk reported on an Estonian study on the influence of the family on adolescents' substance use, Bernadette Roussille presented a French mass media campaign aimed at reducing heavy drinking by young people, and Sally Casswell analysed the public discourse on alcohol, which is an important part of the social and political context in which decisions are taken about public policies. Each of the papers highlighted in its own way the complex relationships between people's behaviour, its social and cultural context, and the wider economic and political environment.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1993

Decortication in the treatment of diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible. Retrospective analysis of 41 cases between 1969 and 1990.

Thirty-four patients with mandibular diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis who had been treated by means of 61 decortications were evaluated retrospectively. Eighteen patients (53%) were free from symptoms on an average of 5.4 years after surgery. Of these, 12 had improved after their first operation. In the other six patients, decortication was performed two to four times before healing was clinically observable. Symptoms recurred in 75% of the cases within 12 months after surgery. Neither sex, location, extent, and chronicity of the disease nor the precise surgical technique used seemed to affect the outcome. The patients who exhibited improvement, however, were significantly older and more often edentulous than the patients in whom the symptoms recurred. Possible causes of failure were an insufficiently radical surgical procedure and retention of devitalized teeth in the decorticated area.

Adolescent↗