An infected dentigerous cyst complicated by periostitis ossificans. Case report.
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.
Luyk
N H
NH
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Otago.
Hunter
K M
KM
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*