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Henrique do Couto de Oliveira1, Valfrido Antonio Pereira Filho, Mário Francisco Real Gabrielli
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Araraquara Dental School, University of the State of São Paulo, Humaitá Street 1680, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. hco_maxilofacial@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Osteopetrosis (OP) is a rare hereditary disorder characterized by a dysfunction of the osteoclasts that impairs bone resorption, which together with the normal osteoblastic activity forms intense bone sclerosis with reduction of marrow. A common complication that arises, most frequently, as a result of tooth extraction is mandibular osteomyelitis. There is no consensus on the literature about the treatment of this infection in an osteopetrotic patient, therefore, the purpose of this paper is to report a case of marginal resection for treatment of mandibular osteomyelitis in an osteopetrotic patient and discuss relevant features of this procedure.