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Garre’s osteomyelitis associated with a fistula: a case report

  • Marcelo Gonçalves1,*,
  • Daniel Pinto Oliveira2
  • Edmar Oliveira Oya3
  • Andréa Gonçalves1

1Diagnosis and Surgery Department, Dental School – UNESP, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

2Endodontic Department, Dental School – UNICAMP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

3Endodontic Department, Dental School – UNISA, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.26.3.v65535482m037304 Vol.26,Issue 3,July 2002 pp.311-313

Published: 01 July 2002

*Corresponding Author(s): Marcelo Gonçalves E-mail: marcelog@foar.unesp.br

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Abstract

A report of Garre’s osteomyelitis of the mandible associated with a fistula is presented. Elimination of pulpal periapical infection through endodontic therapy was shown to be an effective treatment. The total bone healing was observed one year late.


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Marcelo Gonçalves,Daniel Pinto Oliveira,Edmar Oliveira Oya,Andréa Gonçalves. Garre’s osteomyelitis associated with a fistula: a case report. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2002. 26(3);311-313.

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