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Pathology
September 17, 2020

A Radiolucency Associated With an Impacted Mandibular Canine Tooth in an Adult Man

Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;146(11):1075-1076. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.2589

A man in his 40s presented with mobility of the anterior mandibular dentition. A consultation with a dentist 1 year prior revealed an impacted mandibular canine (No. 22). He denied any pain, swelling, or paresthesia, and his medical history was unremarkable. Clinical examination revealed fullness on the mentolabial fold but no gross facial asymmetry or mental nerve paresthesia. Intraorally, there was an expansile mass of the left anterior mandible with ill-defined margins, which crossed the midline and obliterated the gingivolabial sulcus.

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