Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry (대한소아치과학회지)

Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (대한소아치과학회)
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DENTAL FEATURES OF ACHONDROPLASTIC CHILD : A CASE REPORT

Achondroplasia환아의 치의학적 소견에 대한 증례보고

  • Jeon, Hyun-Cheol (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Chong-Chul (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
  • 전현철 (서울대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실) ;
  • 김종철 (서울대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실)
  • Published : 1994.12.31
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Abstract

Achondroplasia is characterized by undergrowth of long bones and cartilages and by low height. The name of this disease had been called classical chondrodystrophy, dyschondroplasia, chondrodystrophy and micromelia before Parrot reported the term of this disease as Achondroplasia. We are reporting in this paper on an 3-year and 4-month-old boy with achondroplasia. The dental findings are as follows: 1. Open bite and relatively mandibular prognathism were observed in the front teeth. 2. The size, number, shape, structure of the teeth were usual and the tongue was a little bigger than the normal. 3. The metacarpal bones were short and broadening. Mesial, distal border of the prox. phalanges were irregular and also trabecular pattern was abnormal in the hand-wrist P-A view. 4. According to lat. cephalometric analysis, the cranial basis was underdeveloped.

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