True Generalized Microdontia and Hypodontia with Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia

True Generalized Microdontia and Hypodontia with Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED) is a descriptive term used for group of inherited disorders of bone growth resulting in short stature, skeletal abnormalities, and problems with hearing and vision. SED have three major forms, SED congenital, pseudoachondroplastic SED, and SED tarda. SED tarda is milder than SED congenita. True generalized microdontia is a rare condition in which all the teeth...

Hypodontia and microdontia associated with hereditary ectodermal dysplasia.

Hypodontia and associated conditions like Hereditary Ectodermal Dysplasia (HED) and microdontia markedly influence on physical, functional and psychosocial maturation of the affected individuals. Thorough evaluation, proper counseling and careful treatment planning employing a multidisciplinary approach are keys to a successful, long-term management. This case report describes the prosthodontic...

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda with progressive arthropathy.

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda with progressive arthropathy (SEDT-PA) is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia affecting primarily the articular cartilage. Here we present a nine-year-old girl from Middle Anatolia (Sivas) with SEDT-PA. Her complaints were pain and progressive deformity of the joints. She had a short stature with increased thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis. The r...

An adult female with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda.

Non-syndromic occurrence of true generalized microdontia with mandibular mesiodens - a rare case

Abnormalities in size of teeth and number of teeth are occasionally recorded in clinical cases. True generalized microdontia is rare case in which all the teeth are smaller than normal. Mesiodens is commonly located in maxilary central incisor region and uncommon in the mandible. In the present case a 12 year-old boy was healthy; normal in appearance and the medical history was noncontributory....