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Alveolar refers to the alveolus, the alveolar processes of the mandible or maxilla; osteitis is derived from oste-, from Greek, osteon meaning "bone"; and -itis means a disease characterized by inflammation. Osteitis generally refers to localized inflammation of bone with no progression through marrow spaces (compare with osteomyelitis). [4]
The signs and symptoms depend upon the type of OM, and may include: Pain, which is severe, throbbing and deep-seated and often radiates along the nerve pathways. Initially fistula are not present. Headache or facial pain, as in the descriptive former term "neuralgia-inducing" (cavitational osteonecrosis). Fibromyalgia. Chronic fatigue syndrome ...
Alveolar osteitis is a complication of tooth extraction (especially lower wisdom teeth) in which the blood clot is not formed or is lost, leaving the socket where the tooth used to be empty, and bare bone is exposed to the mouth. [29] The pain is moderate to severe, and dull, aching, and throbbing in character.
Osteitis is inflammation of bone. More specifically, it can refer to one of the following conditions: Osteomyelitis, or infectious osteitis, mainly bacterial osteitis [1] Alveolar osteitis or "dry socket" [2] Condensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensans) Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone) [3]
Condensing osteitis may resemble idiopathic osteosclerosis, however, associated teeth will have pulpitis or pulpal necrosis with condensing osteitis. [3] These features help differentiate idiopathic osteosclerosis from similar entities such as condensing osteitis, cemento-osseous dysplasia, hypercementosis, and cementoblastoma.
The signs and symptoms of pericoronitis depend upon the severity, and are variable: Pain, which gets worse as the condition develops and becomes severe. [2] [9] The pain may be throbbing and radiate to the ear, throat, temporomandibular joint, posterior submandibular region and floor of the mouth. [2] [4] There may also be pain when biting. [9]
This appears to be consistent with the findings in alveolar cancellous bone. [25] Osteonecrosis can affect any bone, but the hips, knees and jaws are most often involved. Pain can often be severe, especially if teeth and/or a branch of the trigeminal nerve is involved, but many patients do not experience pain, at least in the earlier stages.
[7] [5] Tooth ankylosis could have several symptoms, with decreased tooth count being the most prominent one. [4] Factors like gender and sex may also lead to the incidence of certain signs, yet the full mechanisms have not been well evaluated. In general, the non-growing subjects and growing subjects would exhibit different signs and symptoms. [4]