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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2016 Jul 13;122(4):455–459. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2016.06.019

Table 1. Characteristics of MRONJ Patients managed with PENT-E.

Age(y) /Sex /Stage No. of doses prior to ONJ Clinical presentation prior to PENT-E Radiographic findings prior to PENT-E Duration on PENT-E till last follow-up Clinical presentation at last follow-up Radiographic findings at last follow-up
1. 63/M /3 40, Z + S Pain, purulent discharge, mandibular bone exposure (55 mm) Radiolucent defect reaching the basal bone 48 months No pain, discharge or bone exposure Radiolucent bony defect filling
2. 66 /M /3 35Z + 11 A Pain, purulent discharge, bilateral mandibular bone exposure Radiolucent defects reaching the basal bone 13 months No pain, discharge, bone exposure unchanged Radiolucent bony defect filling
3. 54 /M /3 40, Z Pain, purulent discharge, mandibular bone exposure Radiolucent defect reaching the basal bone 22 months No pain, discharge or bone exposure Radiolucent bony defect filling
4. 62/F /2 7Z + 2D Pain, discharge and bone exposure No radiographic findings 3 months No pain or discharge, bone exposure reduced in size NA
5. 57/F /2 8, D Pain and bone exposure: right maxilla (8 mm), left maxilla (6 mm) and mandible No radiographic findings 5 months No pain or bone exposure on the right maxilla, bone exposure on the left maxilla reduced to 2 mm. The mandibular bone exposure unchanged NA
6. 68 /F /2 100, Z Pain, bilateral mandibular bone exposure No radiographic findings 3 months No pain, bone exposure reduced in size NA
7. 53 /F /0 63, Z Pain, swelling, no exposed bone Radiolucent defect 24 months No pain or swelling Radiolucent bony defect filling

Z – Zolendronic acid, S – Sunitinib, A – Alendronic acid, D - Denosumab, NA - Not applicable