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Pseudofracture: An Acute Peripheral Tissue Trauma Model
Published on: April 18, 2011
Spontaneous fracture of genial tubercles: case report
Renato Yassutaka Faria Yaedú1, Izabel Regina Fisher Rubira-Bullen, Eduardo Sant'Ana
1Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry at Bauru, University of São Paulo, Brazil. yaedu@usp.br
Abstract:
A case is presented of fractured genial tubercles, revealed by occlusal radiography, in a 63-year-old edentulous woman. Isolated fractures are a rare event that may present with pain and edema in the floor of the mouth. It occurs mainly in patients wearing a complete denture when the mandible is atrophied and the genial tubercles are hypertrophied. Only 11 case reports have been found in the English literature.
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