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Laxmi Shetty
Laxmi Shetty
India
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Case Report
Maxillary Osteomyelitis with Candidiasis due to Extraction in Uncontrolled Diabetes State-A Case Report
Author(s): Laxmi Shetty, Deepak Kulkarni, Archana Anshuman Gupta and Bhushan GawandeLaxmi Shetty, Deepak Kulkarni, Archana Anshuman Gupta and Bhushan Gawande
Background: The uncontrolled diabetes is fast growing epidemic in India. This disease if missed before extraction will cause the patient to lose their maxillary bone as reported in this case report. The opportunistic candida infection was giving the diagnostic dilemma. The radiographs revealed osteolytic changes with destruction of the left maxilla. Sequestrum due to osteomyelitis was diagnosed and sequestrectomy was performed. The uncontrolled diabetes status improved post operatively only after sequestrum was removed. The patient was rehabilated with an obturator for the left maxillary region. Case description: A 56 year female patient had undergone extraction in uncontrolled diabetes state at a local dentist who reported at our department with osteomyelitis and candidiasis of left .. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2161-1122.1000279