Size and development of the dentition in endocrine deficiency.
Two case reports are presented of boys, who were found to have pituitary and thyroid dysfunction respectively. This was treated in childhood with replacement therapy. These deficiences are known to affect normal skeletal and dental development, but the cases described also showed marked effects on the dental tissues themselves with severe microdontia and abnormalities of crown and root form.
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*