Case Report: Anterior Lingual Mandibular Cortical Bone Concavity

From Volume 31, Issue 3, April 2004 | Pages 175-176

Authors

A. Phillips

FDS RCS(Eng.)

Specialist in Surgical Dentistry, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough SL2 4HL.

Articles by A. Phillips

C. Yates

MBChB, BDS, FDS RCS

Consulant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough SL2 4HL.

Articles by C. Yates

Abstract

This paper presents a case of an anterior mandibular bone defect (synonym: Stafne's bone cavity, static bone cyst, lingual mandibular salivary gland depression) mistaken for periapical pathology and referred for treatment.

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