ORAL-DENTAL FINDINGS IN DYSKERATOSIS-CONGENITA

YAVUZYILMAZ E., YAMALIK N., YETGIN S., KANSU O.

JOURNAL OF ORAL PATHOLOGY & MEDICINE, vol.21, no.6, pp.280-284, 1992 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1992.tb01011.x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ORAL PATHOLOGY & MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.280-284
  • Keywords: DYSKERATOSIS-CONGENITA, MOUTH, DISEASES
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A 13-yr-old girl with dyskeratosis congenita is presented. Besides oral leukoplakia and nail dystrophies, there was evidence of pancytopenia, growth retardation, allopecia, mental retardation and microcephaly. The oral findings included caries, gingival recession, short-blunted roots, gingival bleeding, tooth mobility and severe alveolar bone loss resembling juvenile periodontitis.