Open AccessRecurrent bilateral TMJ dislocation in a 20-month-old child: A rare case presentation
Author(s) -
Shruti Chhabra,
Naveen Chhabra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.90758
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , dislocation , case presentation , temporomandibular joint , orthodontics , surgery , condensed matter physics , physics
Temporomandibular joint dislocations are extremely rare in children and only four such cases have been reported in the literature so far. However, a case of recurrent bilateral mandibular dislocation is even rare to occur and a report of one such case is presented in this article.
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