Abstract:Bone defect in the mandible due to developmental defects, trauma, or diseases is common. However, large scale of mandibular bone atrophy induced by long‐term pressure is rare. This study reported a mandibular anomaly, possibly a secondary lesion, from a Bronze Age adult male excavated from the Dunping cemetery during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770–256 BCE), Zhang County, Gansu Province, China. The defect presents as an absence of bone mass at the angle of inferior lingual aspect of the mandibular corpus, incorp… Show more
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