Dental team management for a patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome: case report.
Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by a short neck, a low posterior hairline, and limited head movement. Occasionally, patients with KFS may also show signs of deafness, intellectual disability, cardiac malformation, palpebral ptosis, facial nerve paralysis, cleft palate, and scoliosis. Although some researchers have documented this syndrome, scant attention has been paid to craniomaxillofacial manifestations and dental treatment of patients with KFS. The objective of this case report was to describe the planning and execution of dental treatment for a 10-year-old male patient with KFS.
de Lima
Marina de Deus Moura
Mde D
Postgraduate Student, Special Care Dentistry Center, Department of Oral Pathology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ortega
Karem Lopez
KL
Araújo
Luis Carlos Arias
LC
Soares
Marcelo Melo
MM
de Magalhães
Marina Helena Cury Gallottini
MH
D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D019186:Mandibular Advancement / Q000379:methods*; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*