Osteitis is a general term for inflammation of bone. More specifically, it can refer to one of the following conditions:
Infectious osteitis (mainly, bacterial osteitis)
Alveolar osteitis or "dry socket"
Condensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensans)
Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone)
Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)
Osteitis pubis
Radiation osteitis
Osteitis condensans ilii
Panosteitis, a long bone condition in large breed dogs
In horses, pedal osteitis is frequently confused with laminitis.
