A prosthetic treatment approach for a cherubism patient: A clinical report.
Cherubism is an early childhood disease that primarily involves the mandible and consists of painless mandibular enlargement with or without maxillary involvement and progresses rapidly over the course of several years. This clinical report describes the fabrication of maxillary fixed partial dentures and a mandibular overdenture for a 21-year-old man with cherubism.
Yilmaz
Burak
B
Department of Prosthodontics, University of Ankara, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. burakyilmaz78@hotmail.com
Ozan
Oguz
O
Karaagaclioglu
Lale
L
Ersoy
A Ersan
AE
D000328:Adult; D002636:Cherubism / Q000150:complications*; D003834:Denture Precision Attachment; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*