title: Dental Considerations in Children with Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (Favism): A Review of the Literature and Case Report.
abstract: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an uncommon inherited enzyme deficiency characterized by hemolytic anemia, caused by the inability of erythrocytes to detoxify oxidizing agents such as drugs, infectious diseases, or fava bean ingestion. In this later case, the disorder is known as favism. The aim of the present report was to present a review of the literature in this disease, to describe a case report concerning an affected 9-year-old male, and to review the main implications and precautions in pediatric dental management.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, 2 Dr. Manuel Nava, Zona Universitaria, 78290 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hernández-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, 2 Dr. Manuel Nava, Zona Universitaria, 78290 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butrón-Téllez Girón
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, 2 Dr. Manuel Nava, Zona Universitaria, 78290 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
authors.forename: Socorro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, 2 Dr. Manuel Nava, Zona Universitaria, 78290 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garrocho-Rangel
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, 2 Dr. Manuel Nava, Zona Universitaria, 78290 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
authors.forename: Amaury
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pozos-Guillén