Actinomyces-associated calcifications around an impacted third molar of the mandible

Shibasaki, M; Iwai, T; Chikumaru, H; Hirota, M; Mitsudo, K; Hibiya, T; Ohashi, K; Tohnai, I

Iwai, T (reprint author), Yokohama City Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Oral & Maxillofacial Surg, Kanazawa Ku, 3-9 Fukuura, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2360004, Japan.

JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY, 2017; 29 (3): 245

Abstract

Actinomycosis is often considered an affliction of the soft tissues, but in fact, the process spreads to bone in up to 15% of cases. Although Actinomy......

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