Orofacial symptoms related to boreliosis-case report.
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Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
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Chair and Department of Paedodontics, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2010;17(2):319–321
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Lyme disease (borreliosis) is an infectious disease caused by the Borrelia spirochaetes, usually transmitted to humans by the Ixodes ticks. It is manifested by a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms varying according to the time elapsed from the infection. The paper describes orofacial symptoms of the disease in a woman who has suffered from a chronic borreliosis for 3 years. Multiorgan clinical manifestations of borreliosis might occur in the masticatory organ and this fact should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of pain by medical and dental practitioners.
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