title: Posttraumatic Mandibular Asymmetry Presenting in a Young Adult.
abstract: One of the most common sites of injury of the facial skeleton is mandibular condyle. However, it is the least diagnosed site of trauma in the head and neck regions. A trauma to the mandible and specifically condylar zone during childhood, may lead to asymmetry or mandibular bilateral distortion, which is usually manifested in the second decade of life when the etiology is unknown to most people. This report is about an adult male complaining about facial asymmetry with an unknown source. Obvious clicking at the right side and shorter right ramus and condyle's head deviation directed us to a childhood trauma and fracture.
authors.affiliation: Dental Research Center, Department of Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheikhi
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Dental Students' Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghazizadeh
authors.affiliation: Graduate, Dental Students' Research Committee, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Mahdi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Salehi
keywords: Facial asymmetry; Mandibular condyle; Trauma