Table 2. | Summary of the clinical and radiologic findings, classified according to different stages and manifestations of the disease |
Stage | N | Clinical presentation | Radiological findings | Optimal radiological
examination method |
---|---|---|---|---|
I | 2 | None | Generalised thickening of cortical plate and
lamina dura,
focal area of sclerosis extending from cortical plate |
Periapical/CBCT |
II | 2 | Discomfort, denuded bone
in the posterior/lingual mandible |
Thickening of cortical plate | CBCT |
III | 14 | Pain, denuded bone involving alveolar bone | Mixed sclerotic and lytic bone destructioninvolving alveolar bone
and basal bone, sequestrum |
Panoramic/CBCT |
IV | 4 | Denuded bone involving alveolar bone,
purulent discharge, numbness, oro-antral fistula |
Mixed sclerotic and lytic bone destruction involving alveolar
and basal bone, sequestrum, encroachment on the mandibular canal and maxillary antrum, pathologic fracture |
Panoramic/CBCT |