Defined as a pathologic growth of maxillomandibular bones characterized by mild clinical symptoms. The bone thickening reflects the impaired bone rearrangement in response to mild infection of dental pulp.
A variant of chronic apical periodontitis which represents a diffuse increase in trabecular bone in response to irritation. Radiographically, a concentric radiopaque area is seen around the offending root.
A relatively common condition, which manifests as an area of radiopacity in the bone, usually adjacent to a tooth that has a large restoration or pulpal infection.
A type of inflammation typically affecting an entire long bone, causing the marrow cavity to fill with a solid bony mass, resulting in increased weight and density of the bone.