Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jun 1997

Cherubism: Presentation of a case

BDS(PB), DDS(USA), MS Ortho (USA) and
MDS (Orthodontics)
Page Range: 237 – 238
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1997)067<0237:CPOAC>2.3.CO;2
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Abstract

Cherubism is a rare, fibro-osseous bone disease that affects the jaws. Bilateral enlargement of the mandible produces a full, round lower face. The skin over the cheeks stretches and pulls the lower eyelids down, exposing a thin line of sclera and eyes that are raised, seemingly heavenward. The patient in this report was diagnosed but not treated.

Keywords: Cherubism
Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists
Accepted: 01 Nov 1996
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