Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Marble Bone Disease.
Osteopetrosis is a rare metabolic disease.(1) Dental abnormalities may be attributed to the pathological changes in osteopetrosis. Patients with osteopetrosis are especially susceptible to osteomyelitis of mandible.(1) A 13-year-old girl presented with complaint of jaw swelling on left side. The radiograph of left mandible (lateral oblique view) showed small sequestrum with irregularity and erosions of the man-dibular cortical margins. This case report aims at diagnosis and treatment of osteopetrosis with superadded mandibular osteomyelitis-a are entity.
Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, Meerut Uttar Pradesh, India.
Usha
U
Rehani
Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vivek K
VK
Adlakha
Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Preetika
P
Chandna
Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abhay
A
Agarwal
Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vivek
V
Rana
Postgraduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Subharti Dental College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pooja
P
Malik
Marble bone disease.; Osteomyelitis; Osteopetrosis