Cavitations are an area of dead or dying bone. They are caused by infections, physical trauma, or a dearth of blood flow to that part of the bone.[1]
There is little evidence to support the theory of cavitation in the jawbone, and their diagnosis is highly controversial.[2] Proponents claim they primarily affect the jawbone, yet that cavitations are able to affect any bone.[3] Jawbone cavitations, also called neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis (NICO) if they are associated with pain, might be extraction sites in the jaw that have not healed.[4]
References
edit- ^ Chaitow, Leon (2005) [1999]. Cranial Manipulation: Theory and Practice: Osseous and Soft Tissue Approaches (2 ed.). Edinburgh: Harcourt. p. 349. ISBN 0-443-07449-6. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ "Cavitational Osteopathosis, Bouquot, NICO, and "Biological Dentistry" | Quackwatch". 18 May 2019.
- ^ Sinatra, Stephen T.; Houston, Mark C., eds. (2015). Nutritional and Integrative Strategies in Cardiovascular Medicine. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4665-7226-3. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ Kristal, Harold; James M. Haig; John Lee (2002). The Nutrition Solution: A Guide to Your Metabolic Type. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books. p. 216. ISBN 1-55643-437-5.
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