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- Title
Rickets – A case report.
- Authors
Mudgade, Deepjyoti; Srivastava, Himanshu; R. Qureshi, Sameera; Handa, Amit
- Abstract
Rickets is a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium or phosphate. It leads to softening and weakening of the bones. Dental manifestation of rickets includes enamel hypoplasia and delayed tooth eruption. The most important oral findings are characterised by spontaneous gingival and dental abscesses occurring without a history of trauma or caries. Radiographic examination revealed large pulp chambers, short roots, poorly defined lamina dura and hypoplastic alveolar ridge. These dental abscesses are common, and therefore, extraction and pulpectomy are the treatment of choice. Oral manifestations of rickets should be diagnosed early by both physicians and dentists to prevent severe dental complications. This article aims to report a case of rickets in a 3-year-old girl, describing the dental findings and the treatment to be performed in these cases.
- Subjects
RICKETS; ORAL manifestations of general diseases; ALVEOLAR process; DENTAL pulp cavities; TOOTH eruption; AMELOBLASTS
- Publication
Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology (0973029X), 2023, Vol 27, Issue 4, p781
- ISSN
0973-029X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_233_23