Open AccessDiagnostic Challenge Involving Diffuse Mandibular Swelling in Mixed Dentition: Use of Cone-beam Radiography
Author(s) -
Sidhi Passi,
Jyoti Gupta,
Ajay Mehta,
Leena Verma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jaypee's international journal of clinical pediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1904
pISSN - 0974-7052
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1947
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , periosteal reaction , cone beam computed tomography , maxilla , differential diagnosis , radiography , anatomy , orthodontics , radiology , pathology , surgery , computed tomography , botany , biology , genus
This case report aims to discuss a case of chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis (COPP) in which cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) played a key role in the diagnosis and identification of the disease.