1. Unhealed extraction sites mimicking TMJ pain.
- Author
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DuPont JD
- Subjects
- Adult, Bicuspid, Diagnosis, Differential, Dry Socket complications, Dry Socket etiology, Female, Humans, Mandibular Diseases etiology, Mandibular Diseases surgery, Molar, Osteonecrosis etiology, Osteonecrosis surgery, Radiography, Tooth Extraction adverse effects, Tooth Socket diagnostic imaging, Facial Pain etiology, Mandibular Diseases diagnosis, Osteonecrosis diagnosis, Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome diagnosis, Tooth Socket pathology
- Abstract
A case of unhealed extraction sites in the mandible is described, including clinical, radiographic, and biopsy findings. The subject was treated for TMJ disease in the past but still had related signs and symptoms and facial pain.
- Published
- 2000