Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw - an evidence-based 2025 position statement from a Korean multidisciplinary task force

Sep 29, 2026

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Evidence-based position statement on medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw produced by a Korean multidisciplinary task force. The document is presented as a review article and is jointly endorsed by multiple Korean professional societies, reflecting coordinated perspectives from oral and maxillofacial surgery, internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism, orthopedics, and related specialties. It includes contributing authors and institutional affiliations, and is disseminated as an open-access publication under a Creative Commons non-commercial license.

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REVIEW ARTICLE [https://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2025.51.6.333](https://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2025.51.6.333)[ ](https://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2025.51.6.333)pISSN 2234-7550 · eISSN 2234-5930 Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: an evidence-based 2025 position statement from a Korean multidisciplinary task force Jin-Woo Kim1 , Sung-Hye Kong2 , Jae-Young Kim3 , Mi Kyung Kwak4 , Jun-Young Kim5 , Ji-Hyeon Oh6 , Hyung-Youl Park7 , BeomTaek Kim8 , Young-Kyun Lee9 , Jeong Joon Han10 , Moon-Young Kim11 , Yong Jun Choi12 , Yong-Dae Kwon13, Kwang-Sup Song14, Beom-Jun Kim15, Sun-Jong Kim1, Seung-Hoon Baek16, Dong Ock Lee17, Han Seok Choi18 , Ha Young Kim19 , Tae-Geon Kwon20 ; The Committee for the Korean Position Paper on Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw, representing the Korean Society for Bone and Mineral Research, the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the Korean Society of Osteoporosis, and the Korean Endocrine Society 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, 3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, 4Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong, 5Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, 6Department of Oral and MaxilloFacial Surgery, Dental Hospital, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, 7Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 8Department of Family Practice and Community Health, Ajou University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Suwon, 9Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, 10Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 11Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, 12Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, 13Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kyung Hee University College of Dentistry, 14Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 15Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 16Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 17Center for Uterine Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, 18Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, 19Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, GangneungAsan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, 20Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea Dong Ock Lee Center for Uterine Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, 323 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang 10408, Korea TEL: +82-31-920-1638 [E-mail: dolee@ncc.re.kr](E-mail: dolee@ncc.re.kr) ORCID: [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9009-3508](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9009-3508) Han Seok Choi Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, 27 Dongguk-ro, Ilsandonggu, Goyang 10326, Korea TEL: +82-31-961-5777 E-mail: [hschoi402@dumc.or.kr](hschoi402@dumc.or.kr) ORCID: [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-4342](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-4342)

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What document type is this position statement based on?

It is presented as a review article and an evidence-based position statement.

Who endorses the medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw position statement?

It is jointly endorsed by several Korean professional societies, including those focused on bone and mineral research, oral and maxillofacial surgery, endocrine medicine, and osteoporosis.

Is the article open access?

Yes. It is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License that permits non-commercial use with proper citation.

Sep 29, 2026

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