title: [Clinical and radiographic association between tooth agenesis and systemic pathology on a group of children from U.O.C. of paediatric dentistry of Sapienza University, Rome].
abstract: The aim of this work is to identify the association between tooth agenesis and systemic pathologies in paediatric patients. The Authors used clinical case-history and orthopanoramic rx of paediatric patients between 5 and 12 years old, gone to U.O.C. of Paediatric Dentistry, from genuary 2006 to genuary 2009. It resulted that 9.1% of 1190 children presented tooth agenesis and in this group the Authors put in evidence a percentage of 41.5% with syndromes or orofacial diseases.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Odontostomatologiche, Sapienza Università di Roma.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Luzzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ierardo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Consoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guaragna
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coloni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polimeni
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*