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D R . M O N I K A N E G I
M D S O R A L M A X I L L O F A C I A L P A T H O L O G Y
A N D F O R E N S I C O D O N T O L O G Y
FIBRO OSSEOUS LESIONS
Introduction
The term fibro-osseous lesion (FOL) is a generic
designation of a group of jaw disorders”
characterized by the replacement of bone by a benign
connective tissue matrix.
(D.S Macdonald Jankowski, 2004)
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
CLASSIFICATION
I CLASSIFICATION OF FIBRO-OSSEOUS LESIONS
 Fibrous Dysplasia (FD)
 Reactive lesions in the tooth bearing areas
Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia
Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia
Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia
 Fibro-osseous neoplasms
Cementifying fibroma, ossifying fibroma or
cemento-ossifying fibroma
( REF: Charles A Waldron, 1985)
( REF: D S MacDonald-
Jankowski, 2004 )
Benign fibro-osseous lesions of the craniofacial complex
1. Bone dysplasias
a. Fibrous dysplasia
 Monostotic
 Polyostotic
 Polyostotic with endocrinopathy
(McCune-Albright)
 Osteofibrous dysplasia
b. Osteitis deformans
c. Pagetoid heritable bone dysplasias of
childhood
d. Segmental odontomaxillary dysplasia
2. Cemento-osseous dysplasias
a. Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia
b. Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia
( Roy Eversole, 2008 )
3. Inflammatory/reactive processes
a. Focal sclerosing osteomyelitis
b. Diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis
c. Proliferative periostitis
4. Metabolic Disease:
hyperparathyroidism
5. Neoplastic lesions (Ossifying
fibromas)
a. Ossifying fibroma NOS
b. Hyperparathyroidism jaw lesion
syndrome
c. Juvenile ossifying fibroma
 Trabecular type
 Psammomatoid type
d. Gigantiform cementomas
FIBRO-OSSEOUS LESIONS OF
MEDULLARY BONE ORIGIN
FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
 Central lesions of bone which exhibit general
histologic features of fibrosis with varying degrees
of simultaneous resorption and repair have been
reported for many years under uninformative terms
 Term ~ by Lichtenstein in 1938
 Skeletal developmental anomaly of the bone-
forming mesenchyme that manifests as a defect in
osteoblastic differentiation and maturation
Etiology :
Mutation in GNAS I, a-stimulating activity
polypeptide I gene ~ encodes Gs-alpha subunit
> cAMP to hormone receptors
GTPase perturbations > prolonged Gs alpha
activation & stimulation of endocrine receptors
Elevated intracellular cAMP in bone marrow
osteoprogenitor cells > cell proliferation with
differentiation defects
 Mutation Undiff. stem cells~ early embryologic life
Osteoblasts, melanocytes, & endocrine cells ~ carry mutation
C/F’s ~ multiple bone lesions, cut. pigmentation & endcrn. disturbances
 Mutation ~ post natal life,
Confined to one site, resulting in FD affecting single bone
 CLINICAL PRESENTATION
Bone Pain
 Localized pain associated with fractures in high-
stress areas in dysplastic bone.
Deformity
 Unlike deformities in monostotic disease,
deformities in patients with polyostotic disease
may continue to progress after skeletal maturity.
 Shepherd’s crook deformity of the proximal part
of the femur (PFD)
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
 Structural deformation, with both expansion
and weakness of the bone, can be caused by
fibrous dysplasia
Fatigue Fracture
 common in areas of stress concentration
within dysplastic lesions
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
 MONOSTOTIC FD OF JAWS:
 Disease limited to single bone
 80% to 85% of all cases,
 Jaws ~ most common
 Late 1st & early 2nd decades
 Slow growing painless osseous expansion
with facial asymmetry
 Maxilla > mandible
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
•Narrowing ~ Pdl space, ill-defined lamina dura
•Maxilla: lesion displaces sinus floor superiorly, obliterates sinus
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
Polyostotic fibrous
dysplasia
Craniofacial FD
2 or more bones, few to 75 % of entire skeleton
20-30 % of cases
Pain, hockey stick deformity, pathologic fracture
With cafe au lait pigmentation ~ Jaffe-Lichtenstein syndrome
With cafe au lait pigmentation & multiple endocrinopathies ~
McCune-Albright syndrome
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
• Cafe au lait:
• well-defined, unilateral tan macules, trunk &
thighs
• Oral mucosal macule also present,
• Macule margins irregular, resembling a map
of coastline of Maine
 (neurofibromatosis has smooth borders like
coast of California)
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia
 Fibrous Dysplasia extends to involve Maxillary
Sinus ,Zygomatic Process ,Floor Of Orbit
And Sometimes Base Of The Skull .
 Results in :Severe Malocclusion And Marked
Facial Deformity
 Leads to Anosmia ,Deafness And Blindness
 Proptosis of the affected eye .
 Radiographic Features
 Radiolucent, with a “ground-glass”
pattern, homogeneous, with no
visible trabecular pattern.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
Showing the pattern of disconnected, Irregularly
shaped trabeculae of bone in ~ Chinese script
writing, (hematoxylin and eosin,×100).
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
Mesenchymal stroma surrounding the trabeculae is
relatively hypocellular , loosely arranged . & lack
of osteoblastic rimming (H&E, ×200).
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
Malignant Transformation
 Malignant transformation of fibrous
dysplasia occurs very infrequently, with
reported prevalences ranging from
0.4% to 4%
Syndromes associated:
 Mazabraud syndrome: FD+
intramuscular myxomas
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
 Differential Diagnosis
 Simple bone cysts
 Ossifying fibroma
 Chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis
 Osteosarcoma
 Paget disease
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
Lab findings
 Serum calcium, phosphorus and alkaline
phosphate normal
 In polyostotic: serum alkaline phosphatase raised
in 50% cases.
Treatment
 Surgical procedures may be required for
correction of a deformity, prevention of pathologic
fracture, and/or eradication of symptomatic lesions
 Simple curettage is associated with a high risk of
recurrence
 Curettage with use of autogenous cancellous bone
graft.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Classification
Fibrous dysplasia
Etiology and
pathophysiology
Epidemiological
data
Clinical
presentation
Monostotic type
Polyostotic type
Radiographic
feature
Histopathology
Differential
diagnosis
Treatment
OSTEITIS DEFORMANS/
Paget disease of bone
 Disease characterised by excessive and abnormal remodelling
of bone, is a common disorder in middle aged & elderly
 Involved bone warm to touch.
o Phases
Lytic
Mixed lytic and blastic
Sclerotic or burned out
Clinical and Radiographic Features:
 Late adult onset
 M ~ F
 Rapid turnover of bone ~ osseous expansion, skeletal deformities
 Tubular bones ~ bowing, spinal curvature ~ vertebral collapse in later stages
 Resulting in Simian stance (monkey like)
 All bones of craniofacial complex ~ affected to varying degrees
 Cranial nerve neuropathies because of foramina narrowing ~ deafness
 O/M
 Maxilla > Mandible, 2.3:1, alv. Ridge ~ widened, Palate ~ flattened
 Leontiasis ossea: lion like facial deformity
 Teeth ~ loose, migrate, spacing
 Prominent dental finding ~ hypercementosis , on PM & M teeth
 Mouth remains open
 Edentulous pt.s ~ appliances remade
 In early stages of disease,
radiolucent ‘‘coin shaped’’
lesions appear in flat bones of
skull ~ osteitis circumscripta
 With progression, sclerosis is
seen radiographically yielding
the so-called ‘‘cotton wool’’
appearance
Histopathologic Features
 Initial osteolytic phase ~
disordered areas of
resorption, osteoclastic
resorptive lacunae
 Osteoblastic phase ~
haphazard woven bone
 Resting & reversal lines
 Mosaic pattern
Jigsaw puzzle
 Oseoblastic rimming is
present.
 Marrow spaces ~ loose
vascularised tissue
Laboratory Findings
 Serum calcium and phosphorus levels ~ within normal limits
 Serum alkaline phosphatase level ~ elevated
 Urinary hydroxyproline levels ~ elevated, N- telopeptide, alpha –C
telopeptide
TREATMENT AND
PROGNOSIS
 No specific treatment
 Calcitonin, parathormone antagonist which suppresses bone resorption
 Complications ~ pathological fractures,
osteosarcoma
CHERUBISM
 rare
 inherited (AD)
 (autosomal dominant)
 limited to jaws, fullness like cherub
 develops in early childhood
Clinical features
 Starts after the age of 3yrs and growth starts to
decrease when patient reaches 5yrs of age and stops
at 12-15yrs of age
 Sex: Males > Females
 In case of maxillary swelling the pressure on the floor
of orbit may result in upward looking pupil which is
refereed to as “heaven ward look”, Eyes towards
heaven look, the maxillary arch achieves a V
shaped appearance bilateral involvement of
mandible.
 Cherubic look: chubby cheeks
 The main diagnostic features are related to Dental
problems -
 Premature exfoliation of deciduous teeth
 Abnormal growth of permanent teeth due to
displacement by cysts and lesions
 Absence of 2nd and 3rd mandibular molars
 Increased cheek fullness, expansion and widening
of alveolar ridge, flattening of the palatal vault.
 Bilaterally symmetrical enlargement of the jaw
 Grading of Cherubism:
Grade I: Involvement of both mandibular ascending
ramus.
Grade II: Involvement of both maxillary tuberosities
and the mandibular ascending ramus.
Grade III: Involvement of whole maxilla and
mandible.
Radiologic Features
 bilateral radiolucent cyst-like lesions
 begins in third molar-ramus area
 extends posteriorly and anteriorly
 occasionally into condyle
 maxilla usually after mandible
 causes enlargement of jaws
 cortex remains intact
 encroach upon maxillary sinuses
 displacment of developing teeth
 early exfoliation of deciduous teeth
 Floating tooth
Cherubism
CEMENTO-OSSEOUS DYSPLASIAS
(OSSEOUS DYSPLASIA)
 Most common fibro-osseous lesion
 Based on the clinical and radiographic features, it is
separated into 3 groups:
(1) focal, (2) periapical, and (3) florid
 Occurs in tooth bearing areas of jaws
 Arises in close proximity to PdL , H/F similarities with
structure, some suggest ~ PdL origin
 Others believe ~ defect in extraligamentary bone
remodeling , triggered by local factors & possibly
correlated to an underlying hormonal imbalance
Clinical and Radiographic Features
 Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia:
• Single site of involvement
• Sex: 90% cases occur in females
• Age: mean age of 38 (3rd to 6th decade)
• Race: whites
• Site: posterior mandible
• Lesions occur in dentulous & edentulous areas, with
many examples noted in extraction sites
• S/S: typically asymptomatic
• R/F: smaller than 1.5 cm, lesion varies from
completely R/L to densely R/O with a thin
peripheral R/L rim. Most commonly, however, there
is a mixed R/L / R/O pattern, well defined with
irregular borders
 Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia
(Osseous dysplasia; Cemental dysplasia; Cementomas)
• Periapical region of the anterior mandible
• Solitary lesions may occur, but multiple foci are present more frequently
• Sex: female patients (ranging from 10:1 to 14:1)
• Race: 70% of cases affect blacks
• Age: 30 -50 Years
• Teeth associated: are almost invariably vital & seldom have restorations
• S/S: asymptomatic condition
• R/F ~
• Early lesions ~ circumscribed R/L at apical area of a tooth
(D/D: periapical granuloma or periapical cyst)
• With time, adj. lesions fuse to form linear pattern of R/L that envelopes
apices of several teeth
• Lesion "mature' over time ~ mixed Rl –Ro appearance
• End stage, circumscribed dense calcification surrounded by narrow Rl rim
• PdL intact, fusion to tooth not seen
• Lesion ~ self-limiting & doesn’t typically expand the cortex
 Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia:
• Appears with multifocal involvement,
• Synchronous involv. of ant. mandible
• Bilateral symmetric involvement, all 4 quadrants
• Sex & race: black women (> 90% )
• Age: middle-aged to elderly
• S/S: asymptomatic to dull pain, & an alveolar sinus tract may be present,
exposing yellowish, avascular bone to oral cavity
• R/F : an identical pattern of maturation noted as in other two forms
Histopathologic
Features
 Fragments of cellular
mesenchymal tissue
composed of spindle-
shaped fibroblasts &
collagen fibers with
numerous small b/v’s
 Free hemorrhage ~
throughout lesion
 CT: mixture of woven
bone, lamellar bone &
cementum like particles
 As lesions mature &
become more sclerotic,
ratio of fibrous CT to
mineralized material
decreases
 With maturation, bone
trabeculae become thick
curvilinear structures that
have been said to
resemble the shape of
ginger roots
 With progression to final
Ro stage, individual
trabeculae fuse & form
lobular masses composed
of sheets or fused globules
of relatively acellular &
disorganized cemento-
osseous material
Treatment and Prognosis
 Generally do not require removal
 For asymptomatic patient: regular recall examinations with
prophylaxis & reinforcement of good home hygiene care to
control Pdl disease & prevent tooth loss
 Symptomatic patient: Antibiotics, Sequestration
 A case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising within
focus of florid has been observed
OSSIFYING FIBROMA (CEMENTIFYING
FIBROMA; CEMENTO-OSSIFYING
FIBROMA)
 Demarcated & occasionally encapsulated lesion consisting
of fibrous tissue containing variable amounts of mineralised
material resembling bone or cementum
 True neoplasm with significant growth potential
 It has been suggested that origin is od. or from PdL., but
microscopically identical neoplasms have been reported in
orbital , frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid & temporal bone
 Mutations in tumor suppressor gene, HRPT2
Clinical and Radiographical
features:
 Age: 3rd and 4th decades
 Sex: female predilection
 Site: Mand( premolar, molar area) > Max.
 S/S: asymptomatic, painless swelling
 R/F ~ well defined, unilocular, sclerotic
border. Depending on amt. of calcified
material produced : may be R/L or
varying degrees of R/O
 End stage COD: largely opaque with well
defined R/L rim
 Root divergence, resorption of roots
 Large lesions: characteristic downward
bowing of inferior cortex of mandible
Histopathologic Features:
 Fibrous capsule
 Fibrous tissue ~ varying degrees of
cellularity , contains mineralized
material
 Hard tissue ~ trabeculae of osteoid &
bone or basophilic & poorly cellular
spherules resembling cementum
 Trabeculae vary in size & frequently
demonstrate mixture of woven &
lamellar patterns
 Peripheral osteoid & osteoblastic
rimming present
 Spherules of cementum-like
material often demonstrate
peripheral brush borders that
blend into adj. CT
 Variation in types of
mineralized material ~
helpful in distinguishing OF
from FD, which has a more
uniform pattern of osseous
differentiation
Treatment and Prognosis
 Enucleation
 Surgical resection and bone grafting
 Prognosis: very good
 No evidence of malignant change
JUVENILE OSSIFYING FIBROMA (JUVENILE ACTIVE
OSSIFYING FIBROMA; JUVENILE AGGRESSIVE
OSSIFYING FIBROMA)
 Two different neoplasms have been reported under the term, and demonstrate
different histopathologic and clinical features
(1) Trabecular and
(2) Psammomatoid
 Grow rapidly, well-circumscribed, and lack continuity with adj. normal bone
 Age: < 6 months to over 70 years (11 years for first form, 22 yrs or second form)
 Site: maxillary predominance
Radiographic
Features:
 The lesions are
circumscribed
radiolucencies that in
some cases contain
central radiopacities
 Intracranial extension has
been discovered in
neoplasms arising
adjacent to cribriform
plates Aggressive Juvenile Ossifying Fibroma
(a) Expansile maxillary mass
Histopathologic
features:
 Nonencapsulated but well demarcated
 Cellular fibrous CT exhibits areas ~ loose & other zones ~ so
cellular that cytoplasm of individual cells is hard to discern
because of nuclear crowding
 Myxomatous foci ~ not rare, ass. with pseudocystic degeneration
 Mitotic figures, hemorrhage, MN giant cells seen
 The mineralized
component in two
patterns is very
different:
Trabecular:
irregular strands of
highly cellular
osteoid encasing
plump & irregular
osteocytes, lined by
plump osteoblasts
& in other areas by
MN osteoclasts
Psammomatoid:
Concentric lamellated
& spherical ossicles,
vary in shape, Hv
basophilic centers with
peripheral eosinophilic
osteoid rims
Peripheral brush border
blending into surr.
Stroma noted in many
of ossicles
Occ., individual
ossicles undergo
remodeling & form
crescentic shapes
Treatment and Prognosis:
 For smaller lesions, complete local excision or thorough
curettage appears adequate
 For some rapidly growing lesions, wider resection required
 Recurrence rates: 30% to 58%
 Malignant transformation has not been documented
Other Lesions Of Bone
Osteoporosis
 Often known as the Silent thief
 Osteoporosis is a disease in which
bones become fragile and are more
likely to break
 Characterized by a decrease in
mass resulting in bones that are
more porous and easily fractured.
 These broken bones also termed
fractures usually happen in the
wrist, spine, and hips
Two types of osteoporosis
 First type is termed type 1 which affect 5-20 % of women.
This is the type associated with menopause as low estrogen
levels cause a decrease in the amount of calcium absorbed.
This type is characterized by vertebral fractures of the
spine.
 Second type is called type two with this type the process of
re-absorption and formation of bone are no longer
coordinated meaning your osteoblast and osteoclast cells
are not balanced leading to a state where bone breakdown
overcomes bone building. This type happens in both men
and women.
Causes
 Caused by decreased osteoblast function
 Change in parathyroid activity
 Menopause is # 1 cause in women due to the
decrease in estrogen levels
 Insufficient dietary intake of vitamin C and D
 Height loss
 Curving spine or stooped posture
 Broken bones or fractures in the wrists and
hips and spine
 Protruding abdomen- this is the most
unrecognized symptom of osteoporosis as
most don’t realize curvature of the spine cause
less abdomen space so intestines have no
where else to go so lean forward.
 Kyphosis- caused by vertebral compression
fractures and factures are disfiguring . This is
the symptom most recognized in patients.
 A chest x-ray that shows osteopenia which is a
condition where women’s bone mass is smaller
than usual.
Symptoms
Risk Factors
 Race – if you are white or of Southern Asian descent.
 Age – Older you get the more you chances of getting osteoporosis increases.
 Family History – greater risk if there is a history of it in your family
 Frame Size – people who are exceptionally thin and have a small body
 Sedentary lifestyle
 Low body mass < 19 kg/m2
 Had an eating disorder like anorexia nervosa or bulimia. This cause high risk
of lower bone density on back and hips
 Chronic alcoholism
 Excessive smoking
Risk factors continued
 Never been pregnant
 Had an early menopause
 Abnormal absence of menstrual cycle or periods of amenorrhea causing low
estrogen levels
 Low testosterone in men
 Taking certain medications like corticosteroids and anti convulsants
 Women who have had surgery to remove an ovary as this accelerates bone loss
 People who have had an overactive thyroid
Clinical Features
 Age –congenital or infantile
 Fracture – typically affect Forearm (Colle’s Fracture
) ,spine (vertebral fracture ) and Hip (Femur )
 Congenita form inhereted as an autosomal recessive
disorder
 Percussion –painful
 Symptoms –loss of height due to shortening of trunk
 Osteomyelitis
Oral Manifestations
 Osteomyelitis
 Fracture of Jaw
 Enamel Hypoplasia
 Arrested root development ,retardation of tooth
eruption .
Radiographic Features
How it is detected
 A bone density test should be done
on women who have reached
menopause as bone mass rapidly
decreases each year.
 A complete survey of dietary
intake, drug history, and lifestyle
can determine your risks of this
condition.
Prevention continued
 Basic prevention
Model
Treatment
 Calcitionin- naturally occurring hormone that increases bone mass in
the spine and may lessen the pain of fractures already there.
 Raloxifene – It is a selective estrogen receptor modulator that prevents
bone loss and spine fractures.
 Alendronate and risedronate - these are biphosphates that slow down
the breakdown of bone and increase bone density
 Calcium – keeps the bones strong
 Vitamin D – helps you absorb calcium
Osteopetrosis
 (Albers - Schönberg Disease, Marble bone disease)
Rare hereditary bone disorder characterized by
increase in bone density due to defect in bone
remodeling caused by failure of normal osteoclast
function.
 Clinical types – infantile, intermediate and adult
osteopetrosis.
 PATHOGENESIS: -
 Osteoclasts fail to function normally.
 As a result, bone remodeling is affected.
 Defective bone resorption combined with
continued bone deposition results in thickening of
cortical bone and sclerosis of cancellous bone.
 The exact mechanism is unknown. However,
deficiency of carbonic anhydrase in osteoclasts is
noted. Hence, bone resorption fails while its
formation persists. Excessive bone is formed.
I. INFANTILE OSTEOPETROSIS
 Autosomal recessive trait- severe form.
 Diffusely sclerotic skeleton, marrow failure and signs
of cranial nerve compression present.
 Initial signs – normocytic normochromic anemia and
hepatosplenomegaly, due to compensatory
extramedullary heamatopoiesis.
 Increased susceptibility to infections due to
granulocytopenia.
II. Intermediate Osteopetrosis
 Affected patients have a short stature and are often
asymptomatic at birth, but frequently exhibit
fractures by the end of their first decade of life.
 Marrow failure and hepatosplenomegaly are rare.
 Some present with cranial nerve deficits,
macrocephaly, mild or moderately severe anemia
and ankylosed teeth that may predispose them to
osteomyelitis of the jaws.
III. ADULT OSTEOPETROSIS
 Discovered late in life – milder symptoms.
Autosomal dominant trait.
 About 40% cases are asymptomatic.
 Axial skeleton shows sclerosis, while long bones
show little or no defects.
 Bone pain is seen
 10% shows osteomyelitis of mandible
ORAL MANIFESTATIONS
 Facial deformity leading to hypertelorism, snub
nose, frontal bossing etc.
 Delayed tooth eruption and osteomyelitis of jaws.
 Sclerosis of skull bones leads to narrowing of
foramina which causes compression of various
cranial nerves – blindness, deafness, facial paralysis
etc.
 The medullary spaces of the jaws are reduced.
 Fracture of jaws during extraction procedure can
occur without undue force, due to fragility of the
bone.
HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES:
 A failure of osteoclasts to resorb
skeletal tissue, with remnants of
mineralized primary spongiosa
that persist as islands of calcified
cartilage within mature bone, is
characteristic of osteopetrosis.
Several patterns of abnormal
endosteal bone formation may be
seen
 tortuous lamellar trabeculae
replacing the cancellous portion of
bone
 globular amorphous bone
deposition in marrow spaces
 osteophytic bone formation.
The number of osteoclasts may be
increased, normal or decreased,
but there is no evidence of
functional osteoclast as Howship’s
lacunae are not visible.
RADIOGRAPHIC FEATURES
 Wide spread increase in bone density.
 • Distinction between cortical and cancellous bone is
lost.
 • Dental X rays – difficult to distinguish roots
Osteogenesis Imprefecta/Brittle Bone Disease
 Most common type of developmental, inherited bone
disorder, showing both autosomal dominant and recessive
pattern.
 Comprises heterogeneous group of heritable CT disorder in
which bone fragility is the primary feature.
 It is a condition resulting from abnormality in the type I
collagen.
 It is characterized by impairment of collagen maturation.
 Collagen forms a major portion of bone, dentine, sclerae,
ligaments, and skin, OI demonstrate a variety of changes that
involves these sites.
 Abnormal collagenous maturation results in bone with
thin cortex, fine trabeculation, and diffused osteoporosis.
 The chief clinical feature is the extreme fragility and
porosity of the bones, with an attended proneness to
fracture.
 Upon fracture, healing will occurs but may be associated
with exuberant callus formation.
 Several different forms of OI have been reported and
they represent the most common type of inherited bone
disease.
Clinical Features
 The other characteristic
feature of OI is the
occurrence of blue sclera.
 The sclera is abnormally
thin, and for this reason the
pigmented choroid shows
through and produces the
bluish colour.
Other condition in which blue sclera can be seen
 Osteopetrosis
 Fetal rickets
 Turner syndrome
 Pagets disease
 Marfan syndrome &
 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
 Some times in normal infants.
Additional signs & symptoms
 Deafness- due to osteosclerosis.
 Abnormalities of teeth.
 Laxity of ligaments.
 A peculiar shape of the skull.
 Abnormal electrical reaction of the muscles.
Tendency towards capillary bleeding.
Types of OI
 TYPE I Osteogenesis imperfecta:
 Commonest type – autosomal dominant.
 Mild to moderate bone fragility – onset is highly
variable – may be present at birth also.
 Hearing loss develops before 30 years.
 Some patients may show dentinogenesis imperfecta
sub type B.
 Blue sclera is seen.
 Kyphoscoliosis
 Easy bruising
 Short stature
 Deformity of long bones Dentinogenesis imperfecta
 TYPE II Osteogenesis imperfecta:
 Extreme bone fragility with frequent fractures.
Many patients stillborn – 90% die before 4 weeks
of age.
 Blue sclera present.
 Dentinogenesis imperfecta present.
 Hearing loss present.
 Micrognathia
 Short trunk.
 TYPE III Osteogenesis imperfecta:
 Moderate to severe bone fragility.
 Blue sclera present in infants but
fades by adulthood.
 Mortality rate higher in older
children.
 Death from cardiopulmonary
complications caused by kyphoscoliosis
(backward & lateral curvature of spine).
 Dentinogenesis imperfecta.
 Short limbs.
 Triangular face, with frontal bossing
 TYPE IV Osteogenesis
imperfecta: -
 Mild to moderate bone
fragility.
 Sclera pale in early life, but
fades in later life.
 Fractures present in 50 % case
– frequency of fractures
decreases after puberty.
 Some patients may have
dentinogenesis imperfecta, some
may not.
Oral Manifestation
 Both the dentitions are affected, and demonstrate blue to
brown translucency.
 •Radiographically reveals premature obliteration of pulp.
•Although the altered teeth closely resemble dentinogenesis
imperfecta , the two disease are the result of different
mutations and should be considered as separate processes.
 •Head size is large.
 •Frontal and temporal bossing is seen.
 •Class III malocclusion is seen due to maxillary hypoplasia
rather than mandibular hyperplasia.
 •Anterior and posterior cross bite and open bites can be seen.
•Large numbers of impacted and ectopic teeth can be
reported.
 •Unerupted 1st and 2nd molar is very common feature.
Radiographic Features
 Hallmarks of OI includes:
 Osteopenia
 Bowing
 Angulation
 Deformity of long bones
 Multiple fratures
Histologic Features
 Anomaly due to abnormal collagen
synthesis by abnormal osteoblasts.
 Mass of cortical and cancellous bone
is abnormal and greatly reduced.
 Cortical bone is extremely thin
while the cancellous bone is delicate
and shows micro fractures.
 Osteoblasts are present but bone
matrix synthesis is reduced, for this
reason the thickness of long bone is
deficient.
 Bone architecture remains
immature throughout life.
Treatment
 No known treatment.
 Only treatment of the infection when they occur.
 Key features:-
 Thin fragile bones due to inadequate type I
collagen.
 Inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.
Multiple features typically lead to gross
deformities.
 Jaw fractures are uncommon.
CLEIDOCRANIAL DYSPLASIA
 Bone defects primarily involve skull and clavicle
– defects seen in other bone also.
 Inherited as autosomal dominant trait, but
almost 40% cases show spontaneous mutation.
Clinical Features
 Age incidence: Children
 Sex incidence: Nil
 Site predilection: Skull, clavicles and
jaw bones.
 Signs & symptoms:
 Short height with large heads
showing pronounced frontal and
parietal bossing.
 Nose is broad with depressed nasal
bridge.
 Shoulders narrow and droop
excessively.
 Sagittal suture is sunken giving the
skull a flat appearance.
 Paranasal sinuses are
underdeveloped
 Patients show unusual mobility of
shoulders due to absence / hypoplasia
of clavicles.
Oral Manifestation
 Narrow, high arched
palate.
 Increased prevalence of
cleft palate.
 Maxilla is underdeveloped
and smaller than mandible.
 Prolonged retention of
deciduous teeth and delay /
complete failure of eruption
of permanent teeth.
 OPG and dental
radiographs show multiple
impacted and supernumerary
teeth.
 The roots of the teeth are
short and thinner than usual,
and might be deformed.
Treatment
 No treatment exists for the skull, clavicular, and
other bone anomalies associated with CCD.
 Most patient function well with out any significant
problem.
Key features:-
 Rare genetic disorder causing defective formation
of clavicle, delayed closure of fontanells and other
defects.
 Many or most permanent teeth typically remains
embedded in the jaw.
 Many additional unerupted teeth also present.
Sometimes many dentigerous cysts