Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child: A rare presentation and review

Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis is an extremely rare condition and may arise as a developmental or traumatic defect. It may be associated with ankylosis. We here report a case of unilateral bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child. This is the youngest patient reported w...

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Autores principales: Mainali, Sneedha, Tandon, Shobha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114377
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.62522
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description Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis is an extremely rare condition and may arise as a developmental or traumatic defect. It may be associated with ankylosis. We here report a case of unilateral bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child. This is the youngest patient reported with the condition making it one of its first kind in the literature. The detailed description of the case, its radiological findings, and the literature on bifid condyles are reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-32200672011-11-23 Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child: A rare presentation and review Mainali, Sneedha Tandon, Shobha Contemp Clin Dent Case Report Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis is an extremely rare condition and may arise as a developmental or traumatic defect. It may be associated with ankylosis. We here report a case of unilateral bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child. This is the youngest patient reported with the condition making it one of its first kind in the literature. The detailed description of the case, its radiological findings, and the literature on bifid condyles are reviewed. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3220067/ /pubmed/22114377 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.62522 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child: A rare presentation and review
title_full Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child: A rare presentation and review
title_fullStr Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child: A rare presentation and review
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title_short Bifid mandibular condyle with ankylosis in a 3-year-old child: A rare presentation and review
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