More about neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis (NICO).

Author: Bouquot JE.

Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology.

Year: 1992

Comment:

Abstract / Excerpt:

The substantial intolerance exhibited by Dr. Donlon’s’ commentary on our article that dealt with the histopathology of jawbone osteomyelitis (neuralgiainducing cavitational osteonecrosis, NICO) in facialneuralgia patients is disappointing. It is enticing, I know, to blithely accept one’s own suppositions as science and the other chap’s as drivel. In this case we are accused of generating considerable drivel, excluding science from our research, creating facts from fantasy, and possessing no diagnostic skills worthy of mention. These charges are especially intriguing because
the political controversy that surrounds NICO led me to the unusual action of referring our paper to several international experts before it was submitted for publication. I truly thought I had addressed its major deficiencies!

Citation: Bouquot JE. More about neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis (NICO). Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 1992; 74(3):348-50.