Daily Archives: March 30, 2012


Case of the Week: Rarefying osteitis (abscess, cyst and/or granuloma) 3

This week I am going to show several examples of rarefying osteitis (sometimes referred to as apical rarefying osteitis when positioned at the apex).  Rarefying osteitis is a term that means ‘loss of bone due to inflammation’. I use this term when describing a radiolucent area at the apex of […]