title: Paget's disease of the mandible.
abstract: Paget's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive disease of the bone characterized by abnormal bone resorption and deposition affecting either single bone (monostotic) or many bones (polyostotic) with uncertain etiology. We report a case of isolated mandibular involvement in a 65-year-old female patient, clinically asymptomatic with abnormally increased alkaline phosphatase level (1 368.1 U/l). Although prevalence of PD is common in western countries, but rare in Asian chapter, that too isolated mandibular involvement, considering this fact, we report this case of PD for documentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, J. K. K. Nataraja Dental College and Hospital, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karunakaran
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Murugesan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rajeshwar
authors.forename: Sharlenesara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babu