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This narrative review aims to synthesize and critically analyze the available evidence regarding terminology and classification, epidemiology and risk factors, pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical and imaging characteristics, diagnostic challenges, and management strategies relevant to oral and maxillofacial surgery practice. Materials and Methods: An extensive literature search was conducted in the PubMed\/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar databases. The search targeted peer-reviewed publications published between 2020 and 2025, reflecting the post-pandemic emergence of this clinical spectrum. Original studies, systematic and narrative reviews, multicenter case series, consensus guidelines, and well-documented case reports were considered. Results: Available data, largely derived from case reports and small series, demonstrate a predominance of maxillary involvement and frequent association with diabetes mellitus and systemic corticosteroid therapy. Proposed mechanisms include COVID-19-associated endothelial dysfunction, microvascular thrombosis, immune dysregulation, metabolic imbalance, and treatment-related effects. Clinically, patients may present with persistent orofacial pain, tooth mobility, exposed or probeable bone, and frequent sinonasal extension, with symptoms sometimes preceding bone exposure. Diagnostic challenges arise from the overlap with medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ), osteoradionecrosis (ORN), and chronic osteomyelitis. Imaging is essential for assessing disease extent but remains insufficient for etiologic differentiation, making histopathological examination and targeted microbiological investigations necessary, particularly to exclude invasive fungal infection. Conclusions: Management must be etiology-driven. CAM requires urgent antifungal therapy combined with surgical debridement, whereas non-fungal forms are generally managed with conservative surgery and appropriate antimicrobial stewardship. 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