Effects of compromised host immunity in maxillary jaw infection

As in today’s modern era of antibiotics where the incidence of osteomyelitis of jaws seems to be decreasing, it still remains a challenging clinical entity due to the substancial growth of graph of systemic diseases. Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory bone disease commonly related to complex microbiota, most commonly pyogenic staphylococcus, and occasionally, streptococci, pneumococci and enterobacteriae. It presents a varied clinical and radiographial manifestations depending upon the severity of its spread into the bony architecture. Based on the pathogenesis and nature of the disease, various classifications have been established for the proper understanding of its varied types. Several treatment options depending upon the severity of osteomyelitis are available.