The most important diseases or complications that can be caused by osteomyelitis of the jaw bones (osteomyelitis of the jaw bones) are:
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).
- Extraoral fistula
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Sepsis (blood poisoning)
Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).
- Spread of osteomyelitis
- Chronification
- Gingivitis (inflammation of the gums)
- Partial jaw resection (surgical removal of part of the jaw).
- Ostitis (inflammation of the bone)
- Periodontitis (infectious, inflammatory disease of the periodontium (periodontium) with gum recession).
- Pulpitis (inflammation of the dental nerves)
- Periostitis (periosteum inflammation)
- Recurrence
- Pathological fractures (bone fracture during normal loading due to weakening of the bone by disease) due to weakening of the osteomyelitic jaw.
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).
- Fistula carcinoma
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Chronic pain
- Vincent’s symptom – Sensory disturbance (hypesthesia or paresthesia to complete anesthesia) in the area supplied by the inferior alveolar nerve. Symptom: numbness of the right or left lower lip.
Further
- Implant removal