Dental abnormalities and oral health in patients with Hypophosphatemic rickets

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Hypophosphatemic rickets represents a group of heritable renal disorders of phosphate characterized by hypophosphatemia, normal or low serum 1,25 (OH)2 vitamin D and calcium levels. Hypophosphatemia is associated to interglobular dentine and an enlarged pulp chambers. AIM: Our goal was to verify the dental abnormalities and the oral health condition in these patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective study of oral conditions in patients with Hypophosphatemic rickets. This report employed a simple method to be easily reproducible oral clinical exam and radiographic evaluation. RESULTS: Fourteen patients were studied, 5 males, median age of 11years (4 to 26). Occlusion defects (85,7 percent) and enamel hypoplasia (57,1 percent) were significant more frequently than dental abscesses (one patient). We observed enlarged pulp chambers in 43 percent of the patients and hypoplasia and dentin abnormalities in 14,3 percent. We could not detect a significant correlation between dental abnormalities and delayed treatment (p>0,05). DMFT index for 6 to 12 years patients (n = 12) showed that the oral health is unsatisfactory (mean DMFT = 5). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with Hypophosphatemic Rickets frequently present dental alterations and these are not completely recovered with the treatment, unless dental abscess and they need a periodical oral examination.