Author:
Fadi Makhoul ,Joul Kassis
Abstract
Actinomycosis is a chronic, slow growing but relatively uncommon infectious process affecting the maxillofacial skeleton. We report a case of Actinomycosis refractory to medication that developed at a surgical extraction site of lower impacted teeth in a 22-year-old female patient. This case was managed using povidone irrigation during surgical debridement followed by chlorhexidine dressing. This showed a significant healing process of the infection over a period of three months.
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