Occipital spur: understanding a normal yet symptomatic variant from orthodontic diagnostic lateral cephalogram

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 May 22:2017:bcr2017220506. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220506.

Authors

Eby Varghese Dr¹, Renu Sarah Samson Dr², Sumanth Nagraj Kumbargere Dr³, Minoo Pothen Dr⁴

Affiliations

¹ Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Bukit Baru, Malaysia.
² Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Bukit Baru, Malaysia.
³ Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Bukit Baru, Malaysia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Dentistry and oral medicine; Developmental paediatrocs; Head and neck surgery; Orthopaedics; Sports and exercise medicine.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cephalometry / methods*
Female
Humans
Occipital Bone / diagnostic imaging*
Osteophyte / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography, Dental / methods*