Presentation
Swelling right horizontal branch of the jaw after three week tooth extraction.
Patient Data
Presence of osteolysis with blurred margins in the right horizontal branch of the mandible
In the right hemimandible, in pre molar region is visible osteolysis area bounded by reactive osteosclerosis, open on the vestibular surface with periosteal reaction and some bone seizures in context.
It is associated soft tissue swelling with adenopathy.
The mandibular canal is normal.
Control after surgical revision
Complete healing of the osteomyelitis hotbed with new bone apposition.
Case Discussion
Osteomyelitis is a complication of periapical infections or secondary bacterial insults to tooth extractions, broken teeth, infected wounds or dental cyst.
Bone infections causes toothache, fever, swelling, lymphadenitis. If no action is taken promptly, dental osteomyelitis can develop into abscesses and fistulas.
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