Open AccessNon- Invasive Cone Beam Tomography (CBCT) to diagnose jaw bone Osteomyelitis in Sickle cell anaemia patients.
Author(s) -
Mehak Khanna,
Disha Prabhu Mds
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-4916
pISSN - 0974-3979
DOI - 10.33882/clinicaldent.14.27144
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , sickle cell anemia , radiography , anemia , dentistry , cone beam computed tomography , jaw bone , osteitis , jaw fracture , radiology , surgery , computed tomography , disease , botany , biology , genus , implant
Patients suffering from haemoglobinopathies most commonly show bone infection as a complication, of which Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients are the most susceptible to osteomyelitis. There are very few documented cases of jaw bone osteomyelitis in SCA patients. Keeping in mind the number of children diagnosed with SCA in India, this article reports how a commonly available and non-invasive radiographic method, dental CBCT, can be used to timely diagnose jaw bone osteomyelitis.Key Words : Sickle Cell Anemia ,Chronic Osteomyelitis , Jaw , Mandible , Case Report India , Sickle Cell Anemia complications , Radiograph , CBCT , Third molar pain , Onion skin appearance , Punched out lesions