title: Oral pathology in a group of Mexican patients with genetic diseases.
abstract: Without considering infectious and traumatic diseases, the great majority of oral cavity diseases have a genetic base, in some cases identifiable, in others not. For the stomatologists it is of great importance to know the clinical characteristics and type of alteration that go with genetic etiology syndromes to be able to offer patients an adequate multidisciplinary treatment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Intentional search and description of oral pathology in patients with diverse genetic diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  An observational and descriptive 4 month study of 62 patients from the Genetics Department of the National Institute of Rehabilitation, was done. Taken into consideration, aside from oral manifestations and genetic disease, were age, sex, consanguinity and inbreeding. The majority of patients who have genetic pathology do not have curative treatment, but they can receive other treatments to improve their quality of life, among these are dental treatments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The more common diseases we found were hereditary peripheral neuropathies, skeletal dysplasias, limb malformation and muscular dystrophies. Diverse features were described, registered and grouped according to their location.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Presently it is important to look for the genetic etiology of all diseases to seek specific treatments and prevent them. This will change the practice of medicine and dentistry.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital Juárez de México, México. asgk@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Montoya Pérez
authors.forename: María de la Luz
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Arenas Sordo
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández Zamora
authors.forename: Beatriz C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Aldape Barrios
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000235:genetics*