AN UNUSUAL CASE OF CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OSTEOMYLITIS WITH ALL FOUR CANINES IMPACTED

Abstract

The term osteomyelitis encompasses a wide group of infectious diseases involving the disease of the bone and/or bone marrow further extending to periosteum. It is a disturbing disease and involves a series of causative host and pathogen factors. The primary cause of this disease is usually taught to be microbiological especially Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermis. The diagnosis of osteomyelitis is strenuous, mainly in the early stages, and this disease is at all times complex to treat. Eradicating microorganisms and recuperating circulation in the regions involved, in the early stages have been the mainly employed treatment modalities. The case presented here is of chronic osteomyelitis with an extraoral draining sinus. Surgical debridement and oral antibiotics were considered as the treatment of choice.