ABSTRACT
Numbness of the lower lip, the skin of the chin, or the gingiva of the lower anterior teeth secondary to various dental diseases is a common manifestation that is largely underappreciated. The association of numb chin syndrome (NCS) with serious disease like metastatic malignancy and systemic conditions is frequent enough to warrant a search for these possible etiologies. In this paper we report a case of NCS that occurred secondary to malignant disease; we discuss our findings with special emphasis on metastatic malignancies leading to NCS, when the survival is only for a few months.
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Chin/innervation , Cranial Nerve Neoplasms/complications , Humans , Hypesthesia/etiology , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/complications , Male , Mandibular Neoplasms/complications , Mandibular Neoplasms/secondary , Mandibular Nerve , Middle Aged , SyndromeABSTRACT
Gingival fibromatosis is a progressive gingival enlargement caused by an over growth of the collagenous element of the gingival fibrous connective tissue. Pharmacologically induced, hereditary (familial) and idiopathic forms of gingival fibromatosis are recognized. This paper reports a case of idiopathic gingival fibromatosis in a 13 year old boy involving the right maxillary and mandibular arches who had also been treated 3 years back for a gingival enlargement involving the left maxillary and mandibular arches. The enlargement was quite sever and caused significant esthetic and functional problems on both occasions.
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Adolescent , Fibromatosis, Gingival/pathology , Humans , Male , RecurrenceABSTRACT
A clinical evaluation is made in twenty patients with twenty seven mandibular fractures, managed with rigid internal compression plate and screw osteosynthesis. An analysis regarding complications of this method is made and discussed.