Abstract
A case of chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the left mandible in a 50-year-old man is reported. This patient visited our hospital with a chief complaint of trismus and pain in the left mandibular body which had been noticed before 4 or 5 years. He was medicated with antibiotics intravenously and by per os for 20 days, and then a mandibular resection with disarticulation of the right condyle and replantation were carried out. The removed mandible, from which bad granulation and sequestrum were curetted as extensively as possible, was steeped in antibiotics solution for 30 minutes and was used for replantation for immediate reconstruction. At present, 10 months after operation, symptoms leading to recurrence are not found.
