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Figure 1: (a) The patient appeared with an asymmetrical face with moderate swelling of the tissues in the left emi-mandibular region. The clinical aspect of our patient was similar to the necrosis of the jaws observed in workers exposed to white phosphorus and so called phossy jaw[1]; (b) the intraoral examination revealed a wide exposure of the left emi-mandibular body, which was freely mobile protruding from the mouth

Figure 1: (a) The patient appeared with an asymmetrical face with moderate swelling of the tissues in the left emi-mandibular region. The clinical aspect of our patient was similar to the necrosis of the jaws observed in workers exposed to white phosphorus and so called phossy jaw<sup>[1]</sup>; (b) the intraoral examination revealed a wide exposure of the left emi-mandibular body, which was freely mobile protruding from the mouth