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Coronectomy root retrievals: a review of 92
cases
Authors: Bizhan Shokouhi, Selvam Thavaraj,
Chris Sproat, Jerry Kwok, Kiran Beneng, Vinod
Patel
Abstract: Coronectomy has become an
increasingly prescribed surgical treatment
for mandibular third molars that are deemed
to pose a risk to the inferior dental nerve.
Retention of the roots poses a risk of need
for root retrieval in the future if symptoms
are present. Long-term outcomes and the
symptoms that lead to root retrieval via
coronectomy have not been well documented
or studied, and this has understandably led
to hesitation in some clinicians in offering
the procedure. The current series assesses
patients who have undergone root retrieval,
their reported indications for removal, and
the histopathologic status of the removed
roots.
Early detection of cherubism with eventual
bilateral progression: a literature review
and case report
Authors: Tyler J. Holley, Peter J. Giannini,
Nagamani Narayana, Valmont P. Desa
Abstract: Cherubism is a rare familial
disease of childhood that commonly affects
the bilateral mandible and maxilla and
typically resolves in adulthood. It has been
shown to have a male predilection and has
been mapped to the SH3 BP2 gene. Only
2 cases of unilateral cherubism have been
documented in the literature; in the first case,
the contralateral side was eventually affected.
Although rare, unilateral cherubism presents
a diagnostic dilemma. This case report
describes a unique presentation of unilateral
cherubism that progressed to affect the
contralateral side and describes some of the
considerations in the diagnosis and treatment
of unilateral benign giant cell lesions of the
jaws.