Akanksha Srivastava, BDS, MSc, MDSc, FACP, FRCD(C), is dual board certified by the American Board of Prosthodontics and Royal College of Dentists of Canada. She is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, and practices as a prosthodontist and implantologist in Houston. She can be reached at akanksha.srivastava@mail.mcgill.ca.
Newer targeted therapies are being linked with medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw, which underscores the need to stay abreast of its risk factors and etiologies.