Treatment of Progressive Cherubism during the Second Dental Transitional Phase with Calcitonin

• Main Authors: Ethan Meijer (Author), Henk van den Berg (Author), Arjen H. G. Cleven (Author), Esther Edelenbos (Author), Willem H. Schreuder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cherubism is an autosomal dominant disease with variable expression. Aggressive forms of untreated cherubism may lead to severe malformation of the maxillofacial skeleton, developing tooth germs and teeth. Scarcely described and empirically applied interventional therapies during active stages of th...