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Subpontic cartilagenous hyperplasia of the mandible
Author(s) -
Ide F,
Horie N,
Shimoyama T
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.02854.x
Subject(s) - hyaline cartilage , hyperplasia , metaplasia , cartilage , pathology , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , hyaline , anatomy , costal cartilage , medicine , biology , articular cartilage , botany , alternative medicine , genus , osteoarthritis
We report here a case of subpontic cartilagenous hyperplasia of the lower first molar of a 65‐year‐old woman. A sessile mass of calcifying hyaline cartilage firmly attached to the alveolar ridge was found below the pontic of a fixed partial denture. This is a novel type of reactive cartilagenous metaplasia in the subpontic tissue.