title: Counselling patients with hypodontia.
abstract: The aim of this article is to outline the implications that a diagnosis of severe hypodontia can have on a family. This should help dentists to provide effective counselling for such patients. We will discuss the dental, psycho-social, medical, functional, educational and financial implications that this diagnosis can bring.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hypodontia is a common clinical condition encountered by general dental practitioners, so effective counselling of patients affected by this condition will help a family prepare for the implications of this diagnosis and help to improve patient satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: UCLH Eastman Dental Hospital/UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK.
authors.forename: Daljit S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hobkirk
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bassi
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hemmings
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D003729:Dental Care; D015921:Dental Implants; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012648:Self Care; D012919:Social Behavior; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000191:economics; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000002:abnormalities; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants