Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case report
A case is reported of a 26-year-old blind man with hypodontia and multiple apparently underdeveloped impacted teeth. The patient reported that he had progressively developed visual impairment at the age of 11 years whence he became totally blind when he turned 12 years. The aim of this report is to...
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| description | A case is reported of a 26-year-old blind man with hypodontia and
multiple apparently underdeveloped impacted teeth. The patient reported
that he had progressively developed visual impairment at the age of 11
years whence he became totally blind when he turned 12 years. The aim of
this report is to open an academic and professional debate on the
challenges of its definitive diagnosis and appropriate
intervention.Blindness is not reported in any of the previously
described syndromes; therefore, concurrent manifestation of "hypodontia,
blindness, failure of eruption and digital lesions" can be proposed as a
syndrome. However, in the absence of genetic studies, it is difficult
to characterize this case with any one of the specifically documented
syndromes; therefore, academic and professional discourse is suggested
with regard to appropriate intervention. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7c975aa1cf941e6be62f128ee2b85292022-12-22T03:49:41ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Dental Research, Dental Clinics, Dental Prospects2008-210X2008-21182017-03-01111535510.15171/joddd.2017.010JODDD_181_20170316211221Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case reportJeremiah Robert Moshy0Karpal Singh Sohal1Mark Chindia2Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaPostgraduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dental Services, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaProfessor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaA case is reported of a 26-year-old blind man with hypodontia and multiple apparently underdeveloped impacted teeth. The patient reported that he had progressively developed visual impairment at the age of 11 years whence he became totally blind when he turned 12 years. The aim of this report is to open an academic and professional debate on the challenges of its definitive diagnosis and appropriate intervention.Blindness is not reported in any of the previously described syndromes; therefore, concurrent manifestation of "hypodontia, blindness, failure of eruption and digital lesions" can be proposed as a syndrome. However, in the absence of genetic studies, it is difficult to characterize this case with any one of the specifically documented syndromes; therefore, academic and professional discourse is suggested with regard to appropriate intervention.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JODDD/Manuscript/JODDD-11-53.pdfBlindnesshypodontia impacted teethsyndrome |
| spellingShingle | Jeremiah Robert Moshy Karpal Singh Sohal Mark Chindia Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case report Journal of Dental Research, Dental Clinics, Dental Prospects Blindness hypodontia impacted teeth syndrome |
| title | Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case
report |
| title_full | Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case
report |
| title_fullStr | Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case
report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case
report |
| title_short | Concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness: a case
report |
| title_sort | concurrent manifestation of clinical hypodontia and blindness a case report |
| topic | Blindness hypodontia impacted teeth syndrome |
| url | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JODDD/Manuscript/JODDD-11-53.pdf |
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