BACKGROUND: Garre’s osteomyelitis is a rare type of chronic osteomyelitis that mainly affects children and young adults. This disease is commonly associated with an odontogenic infection resulting from dental caries.… Click to show full abstract
BACKGROUND: Garre’s osteomyelitis is a rare type of chronic osteomyelitis that mainly affects children and young adults. This disease is commonly associated with an odontogenic infection resulting from dental caries. CASE REPORTS: This article describes two case reports of young boys with Garre’s osteomyelitis of mandible caused by odontogenic infection. RESULTS: The cases were managed by extraction followed by antibiotics and the healing was achieved uneventfully.
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