%0 Journal Article
%T Osteomielitis: Criterios actuales e importancia para el Estomat¨®logo
%A Mor¨¢n L¨®pez
%A Elena
%A Cueto Salas
%A Anaid
%J Revista Cubana de Estomatolog£¿-a
%D 2001
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X among the various affections of the orofacial complex is osteomyelitis, a rare bone disease that, with the introduction of antibiotics, has cesed to be a health problem in many countries. given the importante of the detection of this disease by the dentist, present criteria on this entity as to etiopathogenecity, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment are collected, specially when the maxilla or the jaw is affected. taking some general considerations and a number of elements as a basis, some macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the lesions caused by this disease were set forth in this paper.
%K osteomyelitis [diagnosis]
%K osteomyelitis [etiology]
%K jaw diseases
%K mouth diseases
%K antibiotics [therapeutic use].
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