Floating teeth
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Floating teeth is the description given to the appearances on imaging of teeth 'hanging in the wind' that appear to be floating as a result of alveolar bone destruction around the root of the teeth
Differential diagnosis
They are uncommonly encountered, with a wide differential diagnosis - albeit that the underlying cause will almost always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion. Causes include 1-4:
- severe periodontal disease (most common cause 1)
- eosinophilic granuloma
- hyperparathyroidism
- metastases
- multiple myeloma
- ameloblastoma
- osteomyelitis
- lymphoma
- alveolar squamous cell carcinoma
- nerve-based or primary bone tumours (e.g. Ewing sarcoma) of the mandible or maxilla
-<p><strong>Floating teeth </strong>is the description given to the appearances on imaging of teeth 'hanging in the wind' as a result of alveolar bone destruction around the root of the <a href="/articles/teeth">teeth</a>. </p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>They are uncommonly encountered, with a wide differential diagnosis - albeit that the underlying cause will almost always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion. Causes include <sup>1-4</sup>: </p><ul>- +<p><strong>Floating teeth </strong>is the description given to the appearances on imaging of <a title="Teeth" href="/articles/teeth">teeth</a> that appear to be floating as a result of alveolar bone destruction around their roots. </p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>They are uncommonly encountered, with a wide differential diagnosis - albeit that the underlying cause will almost always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion. Causes include <sup>1-4</sup>: </p><ul>
-<li><a href="/articles/langerhans-cell-histiocytosis-skeletal-manifestations">eosinophilic granuloma</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/langerhans-cell-histiocytosis-skeletal-manifestations-1">eosinophilic granuloma</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/skeletal-metastases">metastases</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/skeletal-metastasis-1">metastases</a></li>
-<li><a href="/articles/squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-oral-cavity">alveolar squamous cell carcinoma</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/squamous-cell-carcinoma-oral-cavity">alveolar squamous cell carcinoma</a></li>
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