Dental findings in GAPO syndrome: case report.

da Silveira, Heloísa Emília Dias; Quadros, Onofre Francisco; Dalla-Bona, Reni Raymundo; da Silveira, Heraldo Luis Dias; Fritscher, Guilherme Genehr

da Silveira, Heloísa Emília Dias; Quadros, Onofre Francisco; Dalla-Bona, Reni Raymundo; da Silveira, Heraldo Luis Dias; Fritscher, Guilherme Genehr.

Affiliation

da Silveira HE; Department of Surgery and Orthopedics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. heloisa.silveira@ufrgs.br

Braz Dent J ; 17(3): 259-62, 2006.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17262136

ABSTRACT

This article reports the case of a young female adult with GAPO syndrome who presented as a peculiar dental finding unerupted primary and permanent dentitions, which resembled total anodontia on clinical examination. A cephalometric analysis was performed to investigate the alterations in facial bone development. This is the 9th GAPO syndrome case reported in a Brazilian patient.

Subject(s)

Alopecia/genetics; Anodontia/genetics; Growth Disorders/genetics; Optic Atrophy/genetics; Tooth, Impacted/etiology; Tooth, Unerupted/etiology; Adult; Cephalometry; Facial Bones/pathology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Skull Base/pathology; Syndrome; Tooth, Deciduous/pathology

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tooth, Impacted / Tooth, Unerupted / Optic Atrophy / Alopecia / Growth Disorders / Anodontia Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Braz Dent J Journal subject: ODONTOLOGIA Year: 2006 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Brazil

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