Management of Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation in a Bisphosphonate-Medicated Patient

The purpose is to evaluate the treatment outcomes for a 75-year-old female patient with unilateral chronic mandibular condylar dislocation and during the past two years has received on oral bisphosphonate. In the present study, eminectomy was performed on a patient who had been receiving zoledronic acid (a bisphosphonate) for osteoporosis. On the follow-up examinations, there were no clinical and radiological signs associated with medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws. Although this treatment protocol was successful in this single case, further studies are required to validate the application of this treatment protocol.