Floating teeth
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'Floating teeth' 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 teeth.1
They are uncommonly encountered, with a wide differential diagnosis - albeit that the underlying cause will always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion.
Causes include; :
- severe periodontal disease (most common cause 1)
- metastatic deposits
, - eosinophilic granuloma
, - osteomyelitis
, - lymphoma
, - alveolar carcinoma
and - nerve based or primary bone tumours (e,g Ewing's 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 teeth.<sup>1</sup></p><p>They are uncommonly encountered, with a wide differential diagnosis - albeit that the underlying cause will always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion. Causes include; severe <a href="/articles/periodontal-disease">periodontal disease</a> (most common cause <sup>1</sup>) metastatic deposits, eosinophilic granuloma, osteomyelitis, lymphoma, alveolar carcinoma and nerve based or primary bone tumours (e,g Ewing's sarcoma) of the mandible or maxilla.</p>- +<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 teeth.<sup>1</sup></p><p>They are uncommonly encountered, with a wide differential diagnosis - albeit that the underlying cause will always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion.</p><p>Causes include : </p><ul>
- +<li>severe <a href="/articles/periodontal-disease">periodontal disease</a> (most common cause <sup>1</sup>)</li>
- +<li>metastatic deposits </li>
- +<li><a title="Eosinophilic granuloma (EG)" href="/articles/skeletal-manifestations-of-langerhans-cell-histiocytosis">eosinophilic granuloma </a></li>
- +<li>osteomyelitis</li>
- +<li>lymphoma</li>
- +<li>alveolar carcinoma</li>
- +<li>nerve based or primary bone tumours (e,g Ewing's sarcoma) of the mandible or maxilla.</li>
- +</ul>
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