Alveolar Periostitis

• Not common in dog
• Infection and inflammatory mediators usually spreads from pulp to produce the periostitis.
• This may then affect the surrounding bone causing osteomyelitis.
  • Sometimes seen when infection of carnassial teeth in dogs results in a chronic sinus discharging below eye. So called 'malar' abscess.
• Only treated by removal of tooth.
• Hard to evaluate on mandible, may produce fistula that also needs tooth removal.

G, can you please just make this look as a better page with nicer wording but not change any factual info as L already reviewed and made some changes. Ta, B