A case report of a rare course of secondary chronic odontogenic osteomyelitis of the upper jaw in a young patient

Abstract

Chronic jaw osteomyelitis is an inflammatory disease of the entire bone which results in jaw destruction and sequestrum formation, usually it`s more common in the lower jaw. Only a few clinical cases have documented the development of chronic odontogenic osteomyelitis on the upper jaw that is why the clinical course of the disease is variable and not typical in different patients. A quite rare variant of chronic maxilla osteomyelitis manifestation in a healthy young individual that was undiagnosed for a long time is presented in this case report.