Fibrous Dysplasia of Maxilla - Surgical Sculpting for Aesthetics

Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 8

Abstract

Fibrous dysplasia is a developmental deformity of bone in which there is an abnormal proliferation of bone forming mesenchyme. It is a disease of unknown etiology and diverse histopathology. The disease can involve single bone (mono-ostotic) or many bones (poly-ostotic). In the head and neck region, Mono-ostotic forms frequently involve the maxilla and mandible. We are presenting one such case which presented to our department which was surgically sculpted by the Caldwell Luc approach

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Vellavedu Umapathy Shanmugam

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Vellavedu Umapathy Shanmugam (2018). Fibrous Dysplasia of Maxilla - Surgical Sculpting for Aesthetics. Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research, 6(8), 669-672. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-518368