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Pre-prosthetic surgery helps to overcome the challenge of prosthetic rehabilitation of the patient including restoration of the best masticatory function possible, combined with restoration or improvement of dental and facial esthetics. Maxillary denture prosthesis fabrication should include thorough examination of the soft palate and palatoglossal arch anatomy. This case report emphasizes on high palatoglossal arch as a rare and new cause of loss of posterior palatal seal and thereby retention of maxillary denture with rational, treated by pre-prosthetic surgery, ever reported in literature.
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Inflammatory pseudotumor (IP) is a nongranulomatous inflammatory process with no apparent local or systemic cause. The distinction between IP and malignant tumor is of great clinical importance. The incidence of IP in the head and neck region is very low. Inflammatory pseudotumor is a distinct pathological entity rarely found in the jaw bones. A rare case of aggressive IP of the mandible is presented along with its clinicopathologic features and surgical management.
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Granuloma, Plasma Cell/surgery , Mandibular Diseases/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Granuloma, Plasma Cell/diagnostic imaging , Granuloma, Plasma Cell/pathology , Humans , Male , Mandibular Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Mandibular Diseases/pathology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Young AdultSubject(s)
Dentigerous Cyst/etiology , Orbital Diseases/etiology , Tooth Eruption, Ectopic/complications , Dentigerous Cyst/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Imaging, Three-Dimensional , Male , Orbital Diseases/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Tooth Eruption, Ectopic/diagnosis , Young AdultABSTRACT
Odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is a unique cyst because of its locally aggressive behaviour, high recurrence rate and characteristic histological appearance. A radical surgical approach is commonly advocated with morbid and disfiguring results. This approach also presents several reconstructive obstacles especially in anterior mandible. In this case report the authors present a 25-year-old male patient with a large OKC and treatment with decompression followed by enucleation, and chemical cauterisation. This approach though demanding prolonged treatment time and postoperative follow-up decreases the morbidity to a great extent in a young individual. At the same time, it allows an opportunity for the maxillofacial surgeon to preserve the natural dentition, maintain function and safeguard cosmesis. In our case, the authors effectively achieved all the aforementioned objectives. At the same time a radical option of treatment is still left in the armoury if required at a later date.
