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Bilateral mandibular condylysis in a patient with systemic sclerosis

¹ Department of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol University, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK; ² University Dental Hospital and School, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK; ³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Heol Maes Eglwys, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6NL, UK

*Correspondence to: Robert Grant Jagger, Division of Restorative Dentistry, Department of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK; Email: r.jagger{at}bristol.ac.uk

Received 11 October 2005; revised 23 December 2005; accepted 23 December 2005

A case of progressive osteolysis of the mandibular condyles in a 55-year-old female patient with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is described. Orofacial involvement and radiological manifestations of SSc are discussed.

Keywords: systemic sclerosis; condylysis; osteolysis; radiography, panoramic; lateral cephalogram

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