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 almost always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion.Causes Causes include :
- severe periodontal disease (most common cause 1)
- metastatic deposits
- multiple myeloma
- eosinophilic granuloma
- ameloblastoma
- osteomyelitis
- lymphoma
- alveolar carcinoma
- 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 <a title="Teeth" href="/articles/teeth">teeth</a> <sup>1</sup>. </p><p>They are uncommonly encountered, with a wide differential diagnosis - albeit that the underlying cause will almost always be an aggressive bone disease/lesion. <span style="line-height:1.6em">Causes include : </span></p><ul>- +<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> <sup>1</sup>. </p><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 : </p><ul>
-<li><a title="Multiple myeloma" href="/articles/multiple-myeloma-1">multiple myeloma</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/multiple-myeloma-1">multiple myeloma</a></li>
-<li><a title="Ameloblastoma" href="/articles/ameloblastoma">ameloblastoma</a></li>-<li><a title="Osteomyelitis" href="/articles/osteomyelitis">osteomyelitis</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/ameloblastoma">ameloblastoma</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/osteomyelitis">osteomyelitis</a></li>
-<li>nerve based or primary bone tumours (e,g Ewing's sarcoma) of the <a title="Mandible" href="/articles/mandible">mandible</a> or <a title="maxilla" href="/articles/maxilla">maxilla</a>- +<li>nerve based or primary bone tumours (e,g Ewing's sarcoma) of the <a href="/articles/mandible">mandible</a> or <a href="/articles/maxilla">maxilla</a>
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