Case Report: Patent Mandibular Symphysis with Congenital Absence and Ankyloglossia
The mandible develops prenatally as left and right halves (hemimandibles) that meet at a suture in the anterior midline. This suture normally is obliterated in the first year of life. We describe a 4-year-old girl in whom (A) this suture (symphysis menti) is only partially fused, (B) the primary low...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dental Anthropology Association
2009-05-01
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| Series: | Dental Anthropology |
| Online Access: | http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/91/73 |