Lingual Mucosal Ulceration with Mandibular Sequestration

From Volume 34, Issue 9, November 2007 | Pages 573-577

Authors

Iain Jackson

BDS, MFDS, MSc, MSurgDent

Senior Salaried Specialist in Oral Dentistry, Chalmers Dental Centre and Edinburgh Dental Postgraduate Institute, Edinburgh

Articles by Iain Jackson

Nick Maiden

BDS, FDS

Associate Specialist, Department of Oral Surgery, Edinburgh Dental Postgraduate Institute, Edinburgh

Articles by Nick Maiden

Abstract

Lingual mucosal ulceration with mandibular sequestration is a condition that presents most commonly in the lower molar region and may be influenced by a variety of local and systemic factors. Three such cases are reported, two involving a history of recent dental extraction and one of seemingly spontaneous onset with the possibility of an underlying association with bisphosphonate therapy. An overview of the surgical and non-surgical management strategies for such cases is described.

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