Chronic Localized Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Patient.

Chronic suppurative osteomyelitis still constitutes a significant oral health burden in developing countries. However, it is a relatively rare complication of odontogenic infections in the United States. This case report serves to heighten awareness of suppurative osteomyelitis as an important, albeit uncommon, sequela of long-standing infection of the jaw in a healthy U.S. adult with no known predisposing factors. We describe a case of chronic suppurative osteomyelitis that presented in a healthy, young, adult female with no predisposing factors besides smoking 11 years post-endodontic therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]