Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
December 2007
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Electronic ISSN:
1754-2758
Vol:
8
Issue:
3

The importance of follow-up dental findings to diagnose Sauk syndrome: a case report in a child

This case report presents a rare case of a 10-year-old Brazilian boy who was referred to a dental clinic of a Public Institution when he was 7-years-old because of early loss of teeth and delayed teeth eruption. Clinical features included delay in cognitive development and growth, under-weight, short stature, microcephaly, ocular hypertelorism, small but prominent ears, depressed nasal bridge, hypoplastic maxilla and prognathism. He had no nail, skin or hair abnormalities. Radiographic examination demonstrated delayed bone age, microcephaly, minimal scoliosis of the spine, taurodont mandibular and maxillary first permanent molars, diminished root formation in other mandibular and maxillary teeth, microdontia and hypodontia. Based on these dental findings after a follow up of two years, the medical history and complementary examinations, the condition of this patient was diagnosed as Sauk syndrome.

Key-words: Sauk syndrome, child, microdontia, taurodontism, hypodontia

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£15.00
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£15.00
Page Start
118
Page End
123
Authors
Lucianne Cople Maia, Márcia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Áurea Simone Barroso Vieira, Márcia Pereira Alves dos Santos

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  1. referees
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