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Inflammatory conditions of jaws
Inflammatory conditions of jaws (ICD-11 DA06.0, formerly ICD-10 K10.2) is a diagnostic category covering osteitis, periostitis, osteomyelitis, jaw abscesses, sequestra, and drug- or radiation-induced osteonecrosis of the maxilla and mandible, mostly odontogenic in origin.
Osteomyelitis of the jaws
Osteomyelitis of the jaws, also called jaw or mandibular osteomyelitis, is a polymicrobial inflammatory bone infection of the mandible or maxilla, usually odontogenic, treated by debridement plus antibiotics, with suppurative and sclerosing forms.
Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible
Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible (mandibular ORN), exposed nonhealing irradiated jaw bone lasting over 3 months after head and neck radiotherapy; incidence 4-8%, treated with PENTO drugs or free-flap reconstruction.
Phossy jaw
Phossy jaw (phosphorus necrosis of the jaw) was an occupational osteonecrosis of match-factory workers exposed to white phosphorus fumes; about 11% of the exposed developed it, it killed roughly 20%, and it ended after the 1906 Berne Convention.