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- Title
Multiple Unerupted and Supernumerary Teeth in a Patient with Williams-Beuren Syndrome: An Unusual Case.
- Authors
ÇİTİR, Mesude; ZENGİN, Ayşe Zeynep
- Abstract
Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a genetic disorder, caused by a deletion of chromosome 7. WBS characterized by typical facies and personality, cardiovascular disease, connective tissue growth and endocrine abnormalities. In the oral cavity, malocclusion, micrognathism, hypodontia, enamel hypoplasia, microdontia are among the wide spectrum of abnormalities identified in this disease. In this study, orofacial features of a 14-year-old male patient with WBS were presented. This case, contrary the literature, had multiple supernumerary teeth. The literature was reviewed because of this rare condition.
- Subjects
WILLIAMS syndrome; SUPERNUMERARY teeth; GENETIC disorders; CONNECTIVE tissues; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; HUMAN abnormalities
- Publication
Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dental Sciences, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 3, p371
- ISSN
1300-7734
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5336/dentalsci.2018-64084