title: An infected dentigerous cyst complicated by periostitis ossificans. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Otago.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Luyk
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections; D002648:Child; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D010522:Periostitis / Q000209:etiology*