Non-surgical treatment of adults with chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis/tendoperiostitis of the mandible.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg
; 47(12): 1922-1928, 2019 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31810841
ABSTRACT
Non-surgical therapy has proved to be effective in chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis (DSO) of the mandible in children. Therefore we aimed to investigate the effect of non-surgical therapy in adult DSO patients. We included consecutive patients with DSO who received non-surgical therapy in our center. They all received occlusal splint therapy, counselling about the disease, and/or physiotherapy by a specialised team. The use of analgesics, preferably nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, was advised for symptomatic control during periods of exacerbation. Sixteen patients (11/5 female/male) aged 39.9 ± 15.0 years with DSO of the mandible were included. The mean duration of symptoms was 39.7 ± 26.3 months before referral to our center. Patients were treated with a broad range of treatments before referral. All patients underwent non-surgical treatment. In 12 patients this led to remission. Four patients still had complaints after 12 months of non-surgical therapy and started with intravenous bisphosphonate therapy. In our center, DSO of the mandible was successfully treated with non-surgical therapy, despite a long duration before referral and extensive pre-treatment. Considering this high success rate, we recommend this non-surgical approach as the first treatment option for DSO of the mandible. In case of persistence, alternative treatments such as bisphosphonates should be explored.
Key words
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Osteomyelitis
/
Pain
/
Periostitis
/
Mandibular Diseases
/
Occlusal Splints
/
Diphosphonates
/
Bone Density Conservation Agents
/
Conservative Treatment
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Adult
/
Child
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Craniomaxillofac Surg
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country: