Open AccessUnilateral condylar hyperplasia – A genetic link? Case reports
Author(s) -
Monika Mahajan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_64_16
Subject(s) - condyle , medicine , facial symmetry , hyperplasia , etiology , malocclusion , articulation (sociology) , orthodontics , abnormality , dentistry , anatomy , pathology , psychiatry , politics , political science , law
Unilateral condylar hyperplasia is an uncommon condition with unknown etiology which causes overdevelopment of condyle leading to facial asymmetry, mandibular deviation, malocclusion, and articulation dysfunction. Two Indian families with unilateral condylar hyperplasia are presented where the similar abnormality was also detected in one of their parents. The condylar hyperplasia in these two families indicates that mandibular condylar hyperplasia could be genetic in origin.