Oral Cavity — A Window to Systemic Illness.

ABSTRACT

Oral cavity very often has been described as reflection of our body as most of the initial clinical symptoms occur in oral cavity. The current paper also focuses on the oral presentation of the systemic condition called Pyknodysostosis (MIM 265800) which is a rare, autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterized by short stature, wide cranial sutures, and increased bone density and fragility was first described in 1962 by Maroteaux and Lamy under the heading of diastrophic dwarfism.