INTRODUCTION Nelaton(1834) coined osteomyelitis Greek word ‘osteon’ means bone and ‘myelos’ means marrow
DEFINITION Osteomyelitis may be defined as an inflammatory condition of bone that begins as an infection of medullary cavityand haversian system of the cortex and extends to involve the periosteum of the affected area
ETIOLOGY The source of infection may arise from : odontogenic infection Traumatic injuries to the jaws, fractures Infection of orofacial region derived from : Periostitis following gingival ulceration Lymph nodes infected from furnuncles Lacerations Peritonsillar abscess 4.Infection derived by hematogenous route
CLASSIFICATION BASED ON PATHOGENESIS Hematogenous osteomyelitis Peripheral vascular diseases Osteomyelitis secondary to a contiguous focus of infection
DEPENDING ON DURATION AND SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE Acute osteomyelitis Chronic osteomyelitis
CLINICAL TYPES Acute suppurative Secondary chronic Primary chronic Non suppurative
DEPENDING ON THE FORMATION OF PUSIN THE INFECTION Suppurative Acute Chronic Infantile Infantile 2.Non suppurative Sclerosing Garre’s Actinomycotic Radiation
PATHOGENISIS
MICROBIOLOGY OF OSTEOMYELITIS OF JAWS Most of the cases are caused by aerobic streptococci: alpha hemolytic streptococcus viridans, anaerobic streptococci and other anaerobes such as fusobacterium, bacteriodes, peptostreptococcus Special form of osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Treponema pallidum
MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOMYELITIS Treatment is basically divided into: Medical management Surgical management
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT Systemic antibiotics Penicillin Newer antibiotics : metrronidazole, clindamycin, ticarcilin, clavulanic acid, a variety of cephalosporin, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin2ciprofloxacin 2. Local application of antibiotics Closed wound irrigation – suction Antibiotic impregnated beads
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT Sequestrectomy Saucerisation Decortication Resection and reconstruction
REFERENCE Textbook of oral maxillofacial surgery – S. M Balaji Textbook of oral and maxillofacial surgery – Chitra chakravarthy