In this case report, it is aimed to describe the prosthetic rehabilitation of young boy with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia associated with severe
anodontia.
Dental treatment should be started as early as possible because of the fact that hypodontia or
anodontia of ED leads to abnormalities of behavior, esthetics, speech, and function.
A rare non-syndrome case of concomitant multiple supernumerary teeth and partial
anodontia. J Clin Pediatr Dent.
Ninety-one (91) individuals were used for morphometric analyses: 31 specimens of Polymesoda bengalensis, 30 specimens of Codakia tigerina and 30 specimens of
Anodontia edentula.
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Anodontia indicates a total lack of tooth development.
Hutt (1963) described six forms of genetic hypotrichosis in cattle: lethal hairlessness, semi hairlessness, hypotrichosis with
anodontia, hypotrichosis with missing incisors, streaked hairlessness and viable hypotrichosis.
Mutated AXIN2 results in
anodontia and accumulation of intracellular [beta]-catenin in cancerous cells in the colon [Lammi et al., 2004].
Only a single record for each of the two bivalves,
Anodontia edentula and Timoclea lavrani was obtained at St Lucia.
Intraoral examination and analysis of dental casts revealed absence of the mandibular right deciduous central incisor, all maxillary teeth on the left side, and atrophy of the alveolar bone at the sites of
anodontia (Figure 1).
The mother had short stature and she also had partial
anodontia with minimal skin lesions.