Abstract
A total of 1008 cases with osteomyelitis of the mandible underwent radiological examinations at the department of Oral Radiology, Osaka Dental University Hospital from 1979 to 1988. Osteomyelitis with periosteal new bone formation was observed in 114 out of the 1008 cases (11.3%). The radiographic patterns of the periosteal new bone formation were grouped into 3 types: solid, laminated and one-layer. Sixty-seven of the 114 cases (58.8%) were of the solid type, 23 cases (20.2%) were the laminated type and 24 cases (21.0%) were the one-layer type. The average age in the solid type was 30.8 years, 23.8 years in the laminated type and 38.0 years in the one-layer type.
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