Osteomyelitis of the jaws was relatively common before the era of antibiotic therapy and preventive and restorative dentistry. Osteomyelitis is an acute or chronic inflammatory process that can involve cortical and trabecular aspects of bone or bone marrow. Cranial bones are infrequently involved, but spreading of inflammation with involvement of surrounding structures represents important risk...

Midface bones are an unusual site for primary presentation and relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Herein, we describe a case of acute pre B cell lymphoblastic leukemia with leukemic infiltration of maxilla and bone marrow involvement. At the time of relapse, the patient presented again with maxilla involvement and the phenotype changed to biphenotypic lymphoblastic leukemia. Our case sug...

Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection that commonly affects patients who are immuno-compromised. It invariably presents as an acute spreading infection, with very poor prognosis if not treated promptly. We report a case of mucormycosis in immuno-competent elderly patient, presenting as oro-antral communication. Patient's history, clinical and laboratory evaluation revealed no sy...

Osteomyelitis was relatively common before the era of antibiotic therapy. Today osteomyelitis of facial bones is a rare condition. Maxillary osteomyelitis is rare compared to mandible osteomyelitis because extensive blood supply & strut like bone of the maxilla make it less prone to chronic infection. We report a rare case of Osteomyelitis involving whole of the Maxilla in a 50 year old male pa...

Background: The present study was aimed to record the incidence of each distinctive impacted tooth by reviewing panoramic radiographs. Materials and methods: In 10-year records (2012 2021) 4000 radiographs were obtained from Department Oral Medicine Radiology, Sree Mookambika Institute Dental Sciences (SMIDS), Kanyakumari. From data collected, 442 patients` fulfilled inclusion criteria 627 impa...

Abstract Background Regional odontodysplasia (ROD) is a rare localised developmental disorder affecting the dental tissues. It presents with specific clinical, radiographic, and histopathological features. There have been less than 180 reported cases of ROD in literature. Case Report A 10-year-old boy was seen paediatric department complaint missing teeth pain left maxilla. Examination revealed...

midface bones are an unusual site for primary presentation and relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. herein, we describe a case of acute pre b cell lymphoblastic leukemia with leukemic infiltration of maxilla and bone marrow involvement. at the time of relapse, the patient presented again with maxilla involvement and the phenotype changed to biphenotypic lymphoblastic leukemia. our case sugg...