| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 31
| Issue : 1 | Page : 43-47 |
Nonfamilial cherubism
A Trivedi, SD Gupta, S Sharma, R Mehta
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College, Sunam, Punjab, India
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A Trivedi
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College, Sunam, Punjab
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.112408
Cherubism is a non neoplastic progressive heredity disease affecting the jaw bones. It is a benign disease with a characteristic symmetrical involvement of the maxilla and mandible. It usually affects children before 5 years of age, with painless progressive swelling of the cheeks, frequently associated with dental malformations. Here, we are presenting a case report of a 12-year-old boy suffering from cherubism.
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