title: Dental management of ectodermal dysplasia: two clinical case reports.
abstract: Ectodermal dysplasia is a hereditary disorder associated with abnormal development of embryonic ectodermally-derived organs including teeth, nails, hair and sweat glands. Hypodontia of the primary and permanent dentition is the most com-mon oral finding. Therefore, affected patients need dental prosthetic treatments during their developmental years. This re-port presents two cases of children affected by ectodermal dysplasia with anodontia. Oral rehabilitation was accomplished with removable acrylic prostheses. Treatment had major impacts on self-esteem, masticatory function, speech and facial esthetic.
authors.affiliation: Post-graduate Student, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Somayeh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hekmatfar
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jafari
authors.forename: Raziyeh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meshki
authors.forename: Samaneh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badakhsh