title: Imaging evalution of the gingival fibromatosis and dental abnormalities syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the dentomaxillofacial imaging features of one family affected by the gingival fibromatosis (GF) and dental abnormalities (DA) syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Conventional radiographs (periapical and panoramic) and cone beam CT (CBCT) were performed in nine members of this family: four were affected by the syndrome and five were not.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The four affected members demonstrated mild generalized GF in association with DA, including hypoplastic amelogenesis imperfecta, intrapulpal calcifications, delay on tooth eruption and pericoronal radiolucencies in unerupted teeth. None of these oral changes were identified in the five unaffected members. All nine members presented alterations in the paranasal sinuses and mucosal thickening of the maxillary sinus was the most common finding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family members not affected by the syndrome showed similar alterations in the paranasal sinuses and CBCT was useful to characterize the dentomaxillofacial features of this new syndrome associating GF and DA.
authors.affiliation: Stomatology Clinic, Dental School, University of Montes Claros, Mineas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: dos Santos Neto
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Coletta
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Laranjeira
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Santos
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bonan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martelli-Júnior
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000567:Amelogenesis Imperfecta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003241:Consanguinity; D003784:Dental Pulp Calcification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005351:Fibromatosis, Gingival / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010375:Pedigree; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000379:methods; D013577:Syndrome; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics; D055815:Young Adult