An unusual presentation of peripheral buttressing bone in anterior maxilla: Case report and management

The phenomenon of buttressing bone formation is relatively uncommon in the alveolar bone, more so in the anterior maxilla. In our case, peripheral buttressing bone formation presented as an isolated hard gingival swelling with relation to 21 in a 14-year-old girl. Radiographic presentation was norma...

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Main Authors: Pratebha Balu, Sudhakar Ramalingam, Manoj Raja, Mathew Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2012;volume=3;issue=3;spage=317;epage=319;aulast=Balu