title: Dental team management for a patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Student, Special Care Dentistry Center, Department of Oral Pathology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina de Deus Moura
authors.initials: Mde D
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: Karem Lopez
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Luis Carlos Arias
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Marcelo Melo
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Marina Helena Cury Gallottini
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: de Magalhães
mesh_terms: 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*