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Post-rhizotomy periodontal atrophy
1Department of Oral Pathology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry, USA.
Journal of Periodontology
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
This report details the experience of two people who suffered a unique type of periodontal atrophy following trigeminal sensory rhizotomy. The cause is unknown but it may be the result of unintentional self-mutilation.