The condition has a patient suffering from a bacterial infection that is quite easy to treat that is called lumpy jaw. Bacteria that gets into tissue in the mouth leads to the formation of lumps within the tissue walls of the mouth that often have lots of pus. Though rare and easily treatable with penicillin, it can however get out of hand leading to deformation and destruction of some tissue.
Severe cases have caused severe problems with the jaw, gums and can even spread to other parts of the body such as the lungs and the organs of the digestive tract. These types of infections make it clear that your dentist should practice proper sterilization and disinfection of all equipment and materials used in dental procedures. The condition was conceptualized as caused by chewing of stalks or stems of grasses and other crops but to the contrary had nothing to do with the spread of the disease.
