Knowledge, attitude, and management of general dentist toward medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws

Alqhtani, Nasser Raqe; Almalki, Abdulrahman; Zuhair, Faisal A; Alenazi, Adel; Nabhan, A.; Alqahtani, Mana

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“…Al-Maweri et al (2020), Miranda-Silva et al (2020), andBruckmoser et al (2021) have also shown that specialists and more trained and specialized professionals showed better knowledge when compared to general dentists about the subject. Taken together, these results reinforce the need for continous education about bisphosphonates and BAONJ for both dental students and dentists (Al-Eid et al, 2020;Alqhtani et al, 2020;Almousa et al, 2021;Ozkan et al, 2021).…”

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“…The present sample was composed mainly by dental students and participants derived from private dental schools, in contrast to the sample studied by De Lima et al (2015). Some studies have included only dental students (Escobedo et al, 2017;Rosella et al, 2017), while others have included only graduated dental professionals (Alhussain et al, 2015;Vinitzky-Brener et al, 2017;Hristamyan-Cilev et al, 2019;Al-Eid et al, 2020;Al-Maweri et al, 2020;Alqhtani et al, 2020;Arnaud et al, 2021;Ozkan et al, 2021). More recently, Franchi et al (2020) have showed the results derived from a sample of medical students and Miranda-Silva et al ( 2020) compared the results derived from dentists, physicians and nurses.…”

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Knowledge of dental professionals and Dental students on bisphosphonates and bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws

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Gonçalves

Miranda

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Introduction and objective: the present study assessed the knowledge of dentists and dental students about bisphosphonates and bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws (BAONJ). Methodology: a survey was applied to dentists and dental students during dental meetings in the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil. Results were descriptively and comparatively analyzed using the SPSS program. Results: the final sample (n=308) was composed mostly by young adults, females (n=233; 76%) and 52% (n=159) were dental students. Most participants (n=185; 60%) were derived from private dental schools. From the total, 79% (n=243) of the participants told they had some information about bisphosphonates, 68% (n=209) recognized BAONJ as a possible side effect of their use, and 84% (n=259) considered important to ask about bisphosphonates use during anamnesis. Participants with more access to information, derived from public dental schools and graduate dentists demonstrated a higher understanding about the indications for bisphosphonates use, their action mechanism, BAONJ as an adverse effect, risk factors associated with the drugs, oral risk factors and oral care measures important to BAONJ risk reduction. Conclusions: there are several knowledge gaps on bisphosphonates and BAONJ and understanding these difficulties is important for the establishment of strategies of diffusion of the information and changing teaching models in dental schools, dental meetings and extension activities.

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Knowledge of dental professionals and Dental students on bisphosphonates and bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws

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Miranda

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“…Similarly, a study conducted in Saudi revealed that 60% of the dentists had poor knowledge regarding BRONJ with weak positive correlation with work experience. 16 Comparably, in a similar study conducted in Saudi, only 61% dentists were aware of the term osteonecrosis of jaw and 35% of the candidates were able to diagnose it correctly. Whereas less than 60% knew about radiations causing the disease.…”

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Addressing Osteonecrosis: A preventable catastrophe - A multi-center study

Alam¹,

Khan

Alam

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Pak J Med Sci

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Objectives: To assess the knowledge of medical doctors about osteonecrosis who prescribe radiotherapy and bisphosphonates and dentists who receive these patients with such risk factors. Methods: This cross sectional multicenter study was carried out from 15th October 2021 to 20th November 2021 in different set-ups of Pakistan. A validated and piloted questionnaire was sent to dental and non-dental doctors working in different set-ups of Pakistan through email. All data was analyzed in SPSS version 22 with p value <0.05 being significant. Results: A total of 400 completed responses were received. Only 58% and 67% of the participants were actively educating their patients regarding the hazards of bisphosphonate and radiotherapy, respectively whereas only 45% of the medical doctors referred their patients to dentists before prescribing bisphosphonates and/or radiotherapy. Although the medical doctors had a statistically better knowledge of the definition of osteonecrosis, overall both the dental and non-dental doctors performed poorly regarding answering the questions pertaining to definition, clinical features and risk factors. The dental doctors also showed a poor performance for more technical and in depth questions that was statistically related to lesser work experience, working in a tertiary care facility and previous exposure to such patients. Conclusion: The inadequate awareness of dentists and physicians about the prevention and management of osteonecrosis of jaw is alarming. Efforts should be undertaken to raise the knowledge of dentists and physicians in this regard. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.5985 How to cite this: Alam M, Khan ZM, Alam L, Faraid V, Khan A. Addressing Osteonecrosis: A preventable catastrophe - A multi-center study. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(1):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.1.5985 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…In 2003, it was first accepted that bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw is a side effect for patients who are using intravenous bisphosphonates as treatment of malignant diseases with bone metastases [ 9 ]. The duration and type of treatment, as well as medical anamnesis, could affect the risks for the patients [ 10 ].…”

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“…Recent researches from dentists around the whole world reveal that most of these participants have inadequate knowledge about MRONJ as an adverse effect of these drugs [ 10 , 13 , 16 – 20 ]. Awareness and knowledge about MRONJ are essential for all dentists to diagnose “at at risk” patients for suitable consultation and management [ 17 ].…”

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Teledentistry as a Supportive Tool for Dentists in Diagnosing MRONJ in Northern Cyprus

Firincioglulari

Orhan

2021

BioMed Research International

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Objective. This web-based survey, as a tool of teledentistry, is aimed at assessing the level of knowledge, attitudes, and awareness regarding MRONJ among dental professionals in Northern Cyprus. Methods. An online self-administered questionnaire about MRONJ was sent to all dentists in Northern Cyprus through Google Forms. The first part of the questionnaire consists of demographic and professional information, and the second part included questions about knowledge and awareness questions about MRONJ. The SPSS software was used for statistical data analysis. A Chi-square test was performed to compare between the groups. The significance level was set at p < 0.05 . Results. A total of 112 dentists participated in this survey. The participants showed an insufficient level of knowledge regarding MRONJ, as only 56.6% of the participants stated that they had general knowledge about MRONJ. Regarding the practical questions of the survey, the participants showed poor knowledge about implant and tooth extraction procedures while a patient is using antiresorptive or antiangiogenic drugs, particularly the usage of oral antiresorptive or antiangiogenic drugs for less than 3 years. Participants showed adequate knowledge in terms of usage area of medications and administration of them. Conclusion. Teledentistry can be used as a supportive tool for dentists in diagnosing MRONJ. Similar to previous studies, the knowledge and awareness of MRONJ of dentists in Northern Cyprus were found to be inadequate. There is a significant need to provide more professional information as part of undergraduate programs so that the next generation of dentists can practice more confidently.

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Knowledge, attitude, and management of general dentist toward medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Knowledge of dental professionals and Dental students on bisphosphonates and bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws

Knowledge of dental professionals and Dental students on bisphosphonates and bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws

Addressing Osteonecrosis: A preventable catastrophe - A multi-center study

Teledentistry as a Supportive Tool for Dentists in Diagnosing MRONJ in Northern Cyprus

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