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Multiple Stafne Bone Defects: A Rare Entity

2011; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2011; Linguagem: Inglês

10.5402/2011/792145

2090-438X

Luciana Barreto Vieira Aguiar, Frederico Sampaio Neves, Luana Costa Bastos, Iêda Crusoé‐Rebello, Gláucia María Bovi Ambrosano, Paulo Sérgio Flores Campos,

Oral and gingival health research

Stafne bone defects (SBDs) are generally located in the lingual cortex, close to the mandibular angle. We report the occurrence of multiple SBDs in an asymptomatic patient, a 60-year-old man, referred to a radiology clinic to undergo examination for the purpose of implant planning. The case of multiple SBD presented here, probably the first reported in the literature, reinforces the hypothesis that some cases of SBD may be the result of a focal failure during the ossification of the mandible.