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An infected dentigerous cyst complicated by periostitis ossificans. Case report
Author(s) -
Luyk Neil H.,
Hunter Keith MacD.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1991.tb00722.x
Subject(s) - periostitis , medicine , dentigerous cyst , dermatology , pathology , cyst
Periostitis ossificans is a rare condition which has not been previously reported arising from an infected dentigerous cyst. This paper reports such a case in a twelve‐year‐old boy, and reviews the literature concerning periostitis ossificans.