Oral and dental findings in osteopetrorickets.
While dental findings of both rickets and osteopetrosis have been reported, there is no published report on the oral and dental findings of osteopetrorickets. In this paper dental findings of osteopetrorickets were presented. A two-year-old female child was referred to the pedodontics clinic for dental examinations before bone marrow transplantation. Her teeth showed severe mobility and the eruption of the teeth were delayed. The dental findings of the patient were different from that of osteopetrosis and rickets.
Guven
Gunseli
G
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Center of Dental Sciences, Gulhane Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. gunseliguven@yahoo.com
Basak
Feridun
F
Saygun
Isil
I
Altun
Ceyhan
C
Akbulut
Erman
E
Atay
Avni
A
Gulgun
Mustafa
M
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003744:Dental Enamel Hypoplasia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications*; D012279:Rickets / Q000150:complications*; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology; D014075:Tooth Discoloration / Q000209:etiology; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014086:Tooth Mobility / Q000209:etiology; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000209:etiology