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Case Series of Ectodermal Dysplasia: General and Oral Findings
Objectives: The purpose of this work is to describe, through a case series , general and oral features of young patients with ectodermal dysplasia who were presented at the Rabta University hospital- Tunis- Tunisia.
Methods: Several patients referred to the pediatric dentistry department at the rabta Hospital with the complaint of missing teeth and inability to chewing and speaking. ED features were diagnosed using data gathered from Clinical oral examination and extra-oral assessment of the face , combined with a questionnaire for parents.
To an accurate diagnosis of the syndrome, patient’s medical history, panoramic radiographs, genetic analysis are used
Results: Extra oral observation shows a short stature, fine and sparse hair, dry skin, missing eyebrows and eyelashes, frontal bossing, depressed nasal bridge, protruding and low-set ears, averted lower lip, reduced facial height, and concave profile. They presented a senile facial appearance.
Intraoral examination revealed noticeable findings such as hypodontia, oligodontia, dental anomalies, atrophy of alveolar process and hypo salivation were seen.
Conclusions: Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a rare genetic condition characterized by anomalies in several structures of ectodermal origin.The tissues primaly involved are : the skin and its appendages, parts of the optical lens and ear , the nerve cells and the teeth.
General features associated with this genetic disease involve hypohidrosis, hypotrichosis, little hair, lack of eyelashes and eyebrows, skin depigmentation , finger and nail deformities.
Typical craniofacial signs are perceived namely maxillary retrognathism, mandibular prognathism, facial concavity, a prominent forehead or frontal bossing, bulging eyes, a depressed nasal bridge or saddle nose, a reduce lower facial height and lip eversion.
Several dental anomalies are associated with ED, we can found anodontia, hypodontia or oligodontia, delay in teething, enamel hypoplasia, microdontia, malformed and conical anterior teeth.
Methods: Several patients referred to the pediatric dentistry department at the rabta Hospital with the complaint of missing teeth and inability to chewing and speaking. ED features were diagnosed using data gathered from Clinical oral examination and extra-oral assessment of the face , combined with a questionnaire for parents.
To an accurate diagnosis of the syndrome, patient’s medical history, panoramic radiographs, genetic analysis are used
Results: Extra oral observation shows a short stature, fine and sparse hair, dry skin, missing eyebrows and eyelashes, frontal bossing, depressed nasal bridge, protruding and low-set ears, averted lower lip, reduced facial height, and concave profile. They presented a senile facial appearance.
Intraoral examination revealed noticeable findings such as hypodontia, oligodontia, dental anomalies, atrophy of alveolar process and hypo salivation were seen.
Conclusions: Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a rare genetic condition characterized by anomalies in several structures of ectodermal origin.The tissues primaly involved are : the skin and its appendages, parts of the optical lens and ear , the nerve cells and the teeth.
General features associated with this genetic disease involve hypohidrosis, hypotrichosis, little hair, lack of eyelashes and eyebrows, skin depigmentation , finger and nail deformities.
Typical craniofacial signs are perceived namely maxillary retrognathism, mandibular prognathism, facial concavity, a prominent forehead or frontal bossing, bulging eyes, a depressed nasal bridge or saddle nose, a reduce lower facial height and lip eversion.
Several dental anomalies are associated with ED, we can found anodontia, hypodontia or oligodontia, delay in teething, enamel hypoplasia, microdontia, malformed and conical anterior teeth.