Osteomyelitis is defined as an inflammation of the bone caused by an infecting organism. The infection may be limited to a single portion of the bone or may involve numerous regions, such as the marrow, cortex, periosteum, and the surrounding soft tissue. Acute and chronic osteomyelitis are much more relevant in the mandible than in maxilla. In the pre-antibiotic era, osteomyelitis of jaw, osteomyelitis of the jaws was a more frequently encountered,...