title: [Tooth mobility disclosing an osteolytic process].
abstract: Excepting cases of trauma, dental mobility is often mistakenly neglected as a clinical sign. Dental mobility can in fact be the first sign of osteolytic processes or tumour development. A retrospective study noted that dental mobility may be the inaugural sign of osteolytic processes in the maxillary bone in up to as many as 40% of the cases. Pyorrhea+ is often misdiagnosed leading to unnecessary avulsion and delaying diagnosis of the osteolytic disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de Parodontologie, Clinique Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Monastir, Tunisie.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gharbi-Guesguez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abassi-Bakir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000150:complications; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000150:complications; D010000:Osteitis / Q000150:complications; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000150:complications; D014086:Tooth Mobility / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Mobilité dentaire révélatrice d'un processus ostéolytique.