“…According to a study by Dunphy et al (18), antibiotic therapy combined with complete debridement of necrotic tissue, bacterial culture and sensitivity testing, followed by suturing of soft tissue, is the main therapeutic approach to patients with OP that is complicated with osteomyelitis of the mandible. A sequence of treatments, progressing from drainage, antibiotic therapy, sequestrectomy, tooth extraction, saucerization, decortication, to bone resection and oxygen therapy, has been proven to be valuable in the management of osteomyelitis (26). For patients with benign OP, non-operative treatment options include hip spica plaster cast, traction, splint and avoidance of weight bearing (24).…”