Dental findings and dental care management in trisomy 18: case report of a 13-year-old "long-term survivor".
Trisomy 18 is a disorder characterized by psychomotor disabilities, dysmorphic features and organ malformations, including mental disabilities, growth deficiency, poor motor ability, micrognathia, microcephaly, low-set and malformed ears, distinctively clenched fists with overlapping fingers, and congenital heart defects. The prognosis is poor: 90% of infants with trisomy 18 do not survive beyond the first year of life and 99% die before the age of 10. This paper reports on a 13-year-old child diagnosed with trisomy 18. The major clinical features are cleft lip/palate, high-arched narrow palate, micrognathia, anterior open bite, posterior crossbite and taurodontism. Dental care management of these patients with special needs is discussed and the dental treatment for this child with trisomy 18 is described.
Ribeiro
Roberta R
RR
Center of Formation of Human Resources Specialized in Dental Care for Special Needs Patients, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
dos Santos
Bianca M
BM
Stuani
Adriana S
AS
de Freitas
Aldevina C
AC
de Queiroz
Alexandra M
AM
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008844:Micrognathism; D008865:Microstomia; D013577:Syndrome; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities; D014314:Trisomy