Sentences with phrase «pathologic jaw fractures»
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In addition, the infection that is eating away at the bone from below can eventually make its way into the skull and jaw bone causing a chronic painful condition caused osteomyelitis that can take several months of antibiotics to eradicate, and in some cases, can weaken the bone so much that cats can develop what is called a pathologic fracture, where the bone breaks with the slightest bit of pressure.
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This will weaken the bone in the area, and if it is in the lower jaw it can weaken it to the point of causing a pathologic fracture.