Bilateral Bifid Mandibular Condyles

The bifid mandibular condyle is, in and of itself, a most uncommon anatomic occurrence. The observation of bilateral bifid mandibular condyles is, in fact, rare. Hrdlicka¹ first described three cases of this bilateral phenomenon in 1941 in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Since then, there have been no known reported cases of bilateral bifid mandibular condyles.

This paper reports a case of documented bilateral bifid mandibular condyles diagnosed in a young woman undergoing routine temporomandibular joint evaluation following a trauma to the face.