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- Title
Partial Anodontia And Rehabilitation In Siblings : A Case Report.
- Authors
Kochhar, Rohit; Sharma, Abhinav; Arora, Sachit; Dania, Amit
- Abstract
In dentistry, hypodontia is the condition in which the patient has missing teeth as a result of their failure to develop. Hypodontia describes a situation where the patient has 6 missing teeth or fewer, excluding the 3rd molars. Missing third molars occurs in 9-30% of population. In primary dentition the maxilla is more affected, with the condition usually involving the maxillary lateral incisor. The condition of missing over 6 teeth, excluding 3rd molars or wisdom teeth, is called oligodontia. The condition for missing all teeth, either primary and/or permanent), is called anodontia. A similar condition is hyperdontia, in which there is more than the usual number of teeth. Many other terms to describe a reduction in number of teeth appear in the literature: oligodontia, anodontia, aplasia of teeth, congenitally missing teeth, absence of teeth, agenesis of teeth and lack of teeth. In dentistry, anodontia is also called anodontiavera, which is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the congenital absence of all primary or permanent teeth. It is associated with the group of skin and nerve syndromes called the ectodermal dysplasias. Anodontia is usually part of a syndrome and seldom occurs as an isolated entity.
- Subjects
HYPODONTIA; DENTAL pathology; THERAPEUTICS; CLINICAL medicine; REHABILITATION
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, 2012, Vol 4, Issue 5, p67
- ISSN
0976-4003
- Publication type
Case Study