Title
Mandible condylar hyperplasia: A review of diagnosis and treatment protocol
Date Issued
30 September 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Olate S.
Duque Netto H.
Pablo Alister J.
de Albergaria-Barbosa J.
de Moraes M.
Publisher(s)
e-Century Publishing Corporation
Abstract
Condylar hyperplasia (CH) is a bone disease characterized by the increased development of one mandibular condyle. It regularly presents as an active growth with facial asymmetry generally without pain. Statistically it affects more women in adolescence, although it does not discriminate by age or gender. Its best-known consequence is asymmetric facial deformity (AFD), which combined with alteration of the dental occlusion with unilateral crossbite or open bite. It is not known when CH begins and how long it lasts; diagnostic examinations are described and are efficient in some research about diagnosis. Protocol treatment is not well studie and depends on the criteria described in this paper. The aim of this research is to provide up-to-date information about the diagnosis of this disease and to analyze the treatment protocol, visualizing the CH and AFD presented.
Start page
727
End page
737
Volume
6
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Odontología, Cirugía oral, Medicina oral
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84885784539
Source
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
ISSN of the container
19405901
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