Osteomyelitis is inflammation of bone and its marrow content.

myelo refers
to marrow.
Osteomyelitis can be classified in many ways, one of them is classification
based on clinical picture, radiology, pathology and etiology (Mittermayer, Oral
Pathologie)
1. Acute suppurative osteomyelitis (rarefactional osteomyelitis)
2. Chronic suppurative osteomyelitis (sclerosing osteomyelitis)
3. Chronic focal sclerosing osteomyelitis (pseudopaget, condensing
osteomyelitis)
4. Chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis
5. Chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis (Garres chronic
nonsuppurative sclerosing ostitis, ossifying periostitis)
6. Specific osteomyelitis
i.
Tuberculous osteomyelitis
ii.
Shyphillic osteomyelitis
iii.
Actinomycotic osteomyelitis