title: [Inflammatory odontogenic lesions of the jaws].
abstract: The apical granuloma, the periapical abcess and the radicular cyst are the most frequent between the inflammatory odontogenic lesions of the jaws. These three lesions are caused by the necrosis of the pulp but are very different between each other from an histological point of view and they can correspond to different stages of the same pathological process considering the fact that from a granuloma can arise a periapical abcess or a radicular cyst and from a radicular cyst and abcess can originate. About these three pathological processes we discuss in this article the clinical, radiographical, ethiological, microscopical features, we suggest the treatment and the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gallini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Merlini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martelossi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benetti
mesh_terms: D001862:Bone Resorption; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications; D003790:Dental Pulp Necrosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D010484:Periapical Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D011842:Radicular Cyst / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Lesioni odontogene dei mascellari di natura infiammatoria.