Dental complications of herpes zoster: Two case reports and review of literature

We report two such rare dental complications of HZ-spontaneous tooth exfoliation and osteonecrosis of the maxilla in a 70-year-old female patient; and multiple periapical pathoses affecting right half of the mandibular teeth in a 45-year-old female patient. Both the patients did not have any associated systemic illness. The aim of this paper was to compare the present cases with all the 46 cases of osteonecrosis and 6 cases of multiple periapical pathoses secondary to trigeminal zoster reported in literature till date The article also throws light that the occurrence of such dental complications of HZ is not entirely dependent on the immune status of the host.

Source: Table of Contents : Indian Journal of Dental Research : 2006 - 17(3) - June 22, 2015 Category: Dentistry Authors: Swati GuptaV SreenivasanPrashant B Patil Source Type: research