Jaw bone cancer can affect the bones of the jaw, stemming from elsewhere in the body or beginning in the jaw bone itself. Symptoms can include unhealing wounds, swelling, and discharge.

The human skull has many components. In fact, in an average adult human, the skull combines 22 bones. One of these bones is the mandible, more commonly known as the lower jaw.

Learn how a dental bone graft works, who it’s for, and what to expect from the procedure and aftercare as well as when to see your doctor for complications.

People with ONJ have areas of exposed bone usually in the lower jaw. They may also have painful ulcers in the tissue of the jaw. What medications could be connected to osteonecrosis of the jaw? A ...

Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at The University of Queensland, to rebuild part of a man's jawbone. Professor Saso Ivanovski from UQ's ...

The researchers precisely measured jaw bones from 63 members of the Point Hope population and 42 individuals from the Arikara population using an X-ray gun as well as calipers, and they used those ...

Fixing dead jaw bones. wabc. By abc7NY. Wednesday, February 4, 2009. NEW YORK That pain may be from osteonecrosis, which is dead bone in the jaw.

In the osteoporosis treatment side, this is really very, very unusual. Now, what is osteonecrosis of the jaw? The jawbone is a very active bone. It's what we call turning over itself frequently.

Certain medications used in the treatment of bone conditions, particularly when combined with corticosteroids, may significantly increase the risk of a rare but serious jaw disease. This finding ...

Reshaping a leg bone into a jaw is crazy enough, but the surgery was also unique in that the surgeons crowned the new jaw with 3D-printed teeth designed right there at NMCSD.

In a study, stem cells were taken from the temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, which connects the jaw bone to the skull. Researchers then observed a single cell was able to generate cartilage and ...