Cherubism in the Mouth: Key Oral Manifestations and Developmental Course

Question. Write oral manifestations of cherubism.

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Answer. The following are the oral manifestations of cherubism:

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The most commonly affected site is the angle of the mandible bilaterally.
Patient complains of problems in speech, mastication, deglutition and has restricted jaw movements.
Presence of enlargement of mandible bilaterally, which leads to the rounded appearance of the lower face. This is followed by bilateral enlargement ofthe maxilla.
Alveolar process becomes wide, which is because to occupies the whole roof of the mouth.
The palate becomes narrow, fissure-like between the alveolar processes

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Rapid expansion of the mandible is seen at 7–8 years of age. After this age, the lesion progresses very slowly till puberty. As puberty is over, maxillary lesions regress.
Mandibular lesions start regressing after 20 years of age; before that lesion regresses .The face of the patient becomes normal in the 4th and 5th decades of life.
Since the disease occurs in childhood, some of the primary teeth at times are absent. This leads to gapping between the erupted deciduous teeth.
Premature loss of primary teeth is also seen.
Permanent dentition is often defective with the absence of numerous teeth and displacement, and lack of eruption of those present.
Malocclusion is also present.

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