title: [Odontogenic osteomyelitis of the maxillary bone].
abstract: The authors present the case of a two-year and eleven month old boy with gray skin who had chronic focal suppurative osteomyelitis diagnosed by clinical, surgical and histopathological examination. Its probable dental origin is commented as well as its therapeutics and evolution.
authors.affiliation: Otorrinolaringologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Filho