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 rad...

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Autores principales: Rehani, Usha, Adlakha, Vivek K, Chandna, Preetika, Agarwal, Abhay, Rana, Vivek, Malik, Pooja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27616845
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1079i
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Sumario: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.

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