Bone-scan appearance of benign oral pathologic conditions.
Bone scans and dental examinations were completed on 22 patients. Results indicate that periodontal and periapical inflammation, healing wounds, traumatized alveolar ridges, and multiple cementomas result in positive scans. These areas should be recognized as benign dental disease and not misinterpreted as malignant lesions.
D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010519:Periodontium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014945:Wound Healing