Thisis already discussed in the previous chapter that various classification
systemsand nomenclatures of this disease have evolved with time. This is attributed to
the fact that authors have classified osteomyelitis based on etiology, pathogenesis,
clinical presentation, course, radiology, and histopathology. Osteomyelitis of the jaws
presents with a varying clinical picture and henceforth it sometimes presents as a
dilemmato the oral physician. This particular chapter highlights the various clinical
features of different types of osteomyelitis as projected by the researchers from time to
time. This will help the students as well as researchers to derive the facts about the
superimposingclinical features of the types of osteomyelitis classified separately as
wellas different clinical presentation of similar type of osteomyelitis highlighted by
different authors in the literature.
Keywords: Acute Suppurative Osteomyelitis, Adult Onset Primary Chronic
Osteomyeiltis, Clinical features of Osteomyelitis of jaws, Early Onset Primary
Chronic Osteomyelitis, Infantile osteomyelitis, Non-suppurative osteomyelitis,
Primary Chronic Osteomyelitis, Secondary Chronic Osteomyelitis, Sub acute
stage of Osteomyelitis, SAPHO syndrome, Zurich Classification of Osteomyelitis.
