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Mandibular Condylar Aplasia Treated with a Functional Appliance: A Five years Follow Up

Mejia-Gomez Carlos Mauricio¹
Ramirez-Yanez German Omar^2,*,

¹Chair of the Craniofacial Abnormalities Unit, Calarca, Quindio, Colombia

²Adjunct Professor, College of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada

DOI: 10.17796/1053-4625-42.5.13 Vol.42,Issue 5,September 2018 pp.398-400

Published: 01 September 2018

*Corresponding Author(s): Ramirez-Yanez German Omar E-mail: ramirezger@gmail.com

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Abstract

This report presents a follow up of a clinical case published five years ago by the same authors. In the previous report, the authors showed a young girl treated with a myofunctional appliance due to a mandibular condylar agenesia. After a traditional graft had failed, the patient successfully responded to the functional treatment by forming a mandibular condyle. In this new report, the authors are showing how the mandibular condyle has continued developing within normal limits and, the mandibular ramus has continued positively remodeling. The bone biology embedded in the biological process reported here is discussed by the authors.

Keywords

condylar aplasia, functional appliance, condylar growth

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Mejia-Gomez Carlos Mauricio,Ramirez-Yanez German Omar. Mandibular Condylar Aplasia Treated with a Functional Appliance: A Five years Follow Up. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2018. 42(5);398-400.