title: [Prosthetic treatment of a six-year-old child with hypodontia. A case report].
abstract: The prosthetic treatment of young patients with congenital missing of several teeth is a challenge for the dentist. An early prosthetic management with regard to function, phonetics, esthetics is important to ensure a normal psychological development of these children and to promote a normal tooth and jaw development. On the basis of this case report about the prosthetic rehabilitation of a 6-year-old patient with congenital hypodontia of the primary and the permanent dentition, we give an overview of the literature available about this topic. A restorative dental management with removable prosthodontic appliances is described, and the prosthetic therapeutic alternatives are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum der Albert Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Klinik für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheikunde, Abteilung für Zahnärztliche Prothetik. ahmed.shadi.akkad@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Ahmed-Shadi
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Akkad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bächle
authors.forename: Ralf J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Kohal
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D003779:Denture Design; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003765:Models, Dental