title: Treatment of chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible with calcitonin: a report of two cases.
abstract: We report two patients with diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis in the mandible in whom management with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, long-term antibiotics, and surgical debridement failed to resolve the symptoms of pain and swelling, which subsequently improved when the patients were given calcitonin.
authors.affiliation: GKT Dental Institute, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Floor 23, Guy's Tower, London Bridge, London SE19RT, UK. judith.3.jones@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Amess
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin