title: Dental findings in children with West syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  West syndrome (WS) is a rare age-related syndrome of epilepsy. The oral manifestations of WS are still unknown.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the oral health status and oral findings of a sample of WS children being treated at a specialized referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  The dental record forms of 528 children were searched at this center. Eight of the children had been diagnosed with WS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ages of those with WS ranged from 6 months to 13 years, and 62% of them were male. All of them were taking antiepileptic medication. Twenty-five percent of them had tongue interposition between the dental arches and a deep palate. The mean DMFT was .25 and dmft was 1.12.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with WS seem to have low caries experience, can have a deep palate, and may have their tongue positioned between the arches or on the incisive papilla.
authors.affiliation: Student of the Dental Postgraduation Program at Federal University of Piauí (UFPI) - Teresina - PI, Brazil.
authors.forename: Neusa Barros
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Dantas-Neta
authors.forename: Carlos Henriquede
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Carvalho e Souza
authors.forename: Suyá Moura
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mendes Alencar
authors.forename: Raimundo Rosendo
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Prado Júnior
authors.forename: Regina Ferraz
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014070:Tooth
keywords: West syndrome; epilepsy; infantile spasms; special patients