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Challenges in the management of chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible: report of two cases
Author(s) -
Tsegga T.M.,
Smith C.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12232
Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , osteomyelitis , disease , confounding , isolation (microbiology) , dentistry , pathology , surgery , bioinformatics , botany , biology , genus
Non‐suppurative inflammatory jaw bone disease can be a challenge to succinctly diagnose and provide reproducible treatment options. Often times there are multiple confounding contributors towards disease progression that makes precise diagnostic isolation a challenge. This case report highlights the challenges of a specific subset of mandibular inflammatory bone condition with a description of definitive therapy.