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Injectable filler is a special type of substance made for injections into connective tissues, such as skin, cartilage or even bone, for cosmetic or medical purposes.The most common application of injectable fillers is to change one's facial appearance, but they also are used to reduce symptoms of osteoarthritis, treat tendon or ligament injuries, support bone and gum regeneration, and for ...
Particular medications can result in MRONJ, a serious but uncommon side effect in certain individuals. Such medications are frequently used to treat diseases that cause bone resorption such as osteoporosis, or to treat cancer. The main groups of drugs involved are anti-resorptive drugs, and anti-angiogenic drugs.
Osteoradionecrosis is difficult to prevent and treat. Current prevention strategies are aimed at avoiding excess doses of radiation as well as maintaining excellent dental hygiene. [ 7 ] Treatments are variable depending on the provider and disease severity, and can range from medical treatment with antibiotics to hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO ...
Wrinkle fillers are a pain-free, more affordable alternative to injectable filler. Here, dermatologists recommend the best topical products for reducing wrinkles.
Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection.
Bovhyaluronidase azoximer, sold under the brand name Longidaze, is a conjugate of proteolytic enzyme hyaluronidase with high- molecular weight copolymer that forms a component of combination therapy regimens for treatment and prevention of diseases associated with connective tissue hyperplasia. [1]
Khloé Kardashian got facial fillers after an operation to remove a melanoma tumor left her with an "indentation" in her cheek. Khloé first opened up about the skin cancer in October 2022.
Radium jaw, or radium necrosis, is a historic occupational disease brought on by the ingestion and subsequent absorption of radium into the bones of radium dial painters. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It also affected those consuming radium-laden patent medicines .