Chronic focal sclerosing osteomyelitis associated with a cracked tooth. Report of a case.
Chronic focal sclerosing osteomyelitis is a periapical lesion that involves reactive osteogenesis evoked by chronic inflammation of the dental pulp. In most cases, this lesion develops in the mandibular molar region in response to a low-grade infection of the pulp that results from a deep carious lesion. A case is presented in which incomplete tooth fracture was the apparent cause of this type of periapical pathosis.
Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco.
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D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D003387:Cracked Tooth Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003809:Dentin, Secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000209:etiology