Vol. 28, No. 6, 2016 785 Received September 9, 2015, Revised October 28, 2015, Accepted for publication November 11, 2015 Corresponding author: Hee Jung Lee, Department of Dermatology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, 59 Yatap-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam 13496, Korea. Tel: 82-31-780-5240, Fax: 82-31-780-5247, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the...

Oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome (OFCD) is an uncommon multiple congenital anomaly syndrome that is characterized by congenital cataracts, multiple minor facial dysmorphic features, congenital heart defects, and dental anomalies including canine radiculomegaly and oligodontia. Although most cases of OFCD are sporadic, since all reported OFCD individuals have been female, it has been suggested...

To investigate the prevalence, characteristics (ie, malocclusion, location, type), and sex distribution of hypodontia in an Iranian orthodontic population. A retrospective study was conducted using periapical and panoramic radiographs and study models of 1,751 subjects attending university orthodontic clinics (870 females, 881 males, age 9-27 years). The Chi-square test was used to analyze diff...

BACKGROUND Carvajal syndrome is an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive disorder, manifesting with dilated cardiomyopathy, woolly hair, and palmoplantar keratoma. Additional manifestations can be occasionally found. Carvajal syndrome may be due to mutations in the desmocollin-2, desmoplakin, or plakophilin-2 gene. METHODS AND RESULTS We report a family with Carvajal syndrome which additi...

Background and Aim: Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a hereditary disease that affects ectodermal tissues. Its oral manifestations include hypodontia or oligodontia, which cause the reduction of the height and width of the alveolar ridge. Considering numerous difficulties that these patients encounter with regard to facial appearance, talking, and chewing, their rehabilitation has a major influence...

BACKGROUND Phylloid hypomelanosis is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by a pattern of hypopigmentation consisting of leaflike or oblong macules reminiscent of floral ornaments. Associated extracutaneous anomalies include cerebral, ocular, and skeletal defects. Recently it has been suggested that this phenotype originates from mosaic partial or complete trisomy 13. We report clinical...

June 2009—Volume 30, Number 5 Numerous, complex problems influence anterior dental esthetics. The most common include tooth-size discrepancies caused by various factors, such as small lateral incisors, excessive incisal wear of anterior teeth with accompanying dentoalveolar extrusion, chemical erosion of enamel (eg, bulimia), congenitally missing teeth (eg, oligodontia), damaged or missing teet...

Hypodontia of permanent teeth was evaluated from orthopantomograms of 2072 apparently healthy pediatric patients at The Hospital of Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo. The prevalence of congenitally missing teeth (CMT) was 8.7% in boys and 10.8% in girls, and 9.4% for both sexes combined. Most cases (67.8%) involved either one or two missing teeth. There were in total 574 CMT, and ...