Oral manifestations of congenital diseases Flashcards
Clinical features of foetal alcohol syndrome?
> Small head, low nasal bridge, epicanthal folds, flat midface, smooth philtrum, short nose, thin upper lip and underdeveloped jaw.
Difficulty feeding.
Hearing and speech issues
Psychosocial problems
Aetiology of foetal alcohol syndrome?
Consumption of alcohol during pregnancy.
Leading cause of intellectual disability.
Foetal alcohol syndrome’s relevance to dentistry?
- Hypodontia
- Microdontia
- Supernumeraries
- Delayed eruption of teeth
- Medications increase caries
- Oral hygiene neglected
- Inability to cooperate with dental exam or treatment
- Small mouth, restricted opening
- Treatment under GA/sedation
Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) clinical features?
Mental impairment
Stunted growth
Brachycephaly (flattened area back of skull)
Shortened extremities
Flattened nasal bridge
Hypoplasia of midface
Aetiology of Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)?
Meiotic non-disjunction resulting in an extra copy of chromosome 21
Affects 1/700 children
Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) relevance to dentistry?
- Hypodontia
- Microdontia
- Macroglossia
- Delayed eruption
- Cleft palate
- Periodontal disease due to poor oral hygiene
- Potential differences with cooperation.
Clinical features of Klinefelter Syndrome ‘XXY syndrome’
Infertile and tall
Hypogonadism (diminished functional activity of the sex gonads –> reduced production of sex hormones)
Body doesn’t produce enough hormone that is involved in masculine growth and development
Female characteristics:
- reduced muscle mass
- broad hips
- gynaecomastia (swelling of breasts in males)
- less facial and body hair
Affects 1/750 male births
Osteogenesis imperfecta clinical features?
- Reduced bone density and tendency to fracture
- Deafness
- Blue sclera
- Thin translucent skin
- Joint hypermobility
- Hear valve defects
Osteogenesis imperfecta aetiology?
Abnormality in type 1 collagen synthesis with resulting areas of reduced bone density and tendency to fracture.
Associated with dentinogenesis imperfecta (type 1).
Achondroplasia clinical features?
Dwarfism
Relatively normal cranium and spine length
Retrusive mid third of face (defective growth at base of skull)
Achondroplasia aetiology?
Hereditary AD (autosomal dominant) condition or acquired via sporadic defects.
Failure of normal endochondral ossification at growth plates (bones don’t growth to full length)
Affects 1/25,000 births
Achondroplasia dental relevance?
- Depressed nasal bridge
- Hypoplasia
- Malocclusion
- Risk of airway obstruction
Osteopetrosis clinical features?
Sclerosis of skeleton
Susceptibility to fracture
Haematological abnormalities (bone marrow obliterated in centre of bone –> bleeding tendency due to less platelets)
Osteopetrosis aetiology?
Defect in osteoclast activity due to defective carbonic anhydrase.
Excessive formation and density of bone.
Osteopetrosis dental features?
- Delayed eruption of teeth (can’t penetrate thick bone)
- Difficult extractions
Cleidocranial dysplasia clinical features?
- Partial or complete absence of clavicles.
- Skull sutures/fontanelles remain open
- Prominent frontal, parietal and occipital bones.
- Depressed nasal bridge.
- Hypoplastic mid face
- Hypertelorism - increased distance between eyes.
Cleidocranial dysplasia aetiology?
AD (autosomal dominant) defect largely affecting the skull, jaws and clavicles.
Cleidocranial dysplasia dental relevance?
- Underdeveloped maxilla
- Narrow, high arched palate
- Retained primary teeth
- Delayed eruption of secondary dentition
- Supernumerary teeth
Marfan syndrome clinical features?
Tear in blood vessel lining causing blood to pool
MAJOR CRITERIA (>2):
- lens dislocation
- aortic dilation or dissection
- dural ectasia
- skeletal features e.g. pectus deformity, long arm span
MINOR CRITERIA
- mitral valve prolapse
- joint hypermobility
Marfan syndrome aetiology?
- AD connective tissue disease
- Causes reduced recoil of connective tissue
- Connective tissue stretches and remains stretched
- Affects fibrillin
Marfan syndrome dental relevance?
High arched palate
McCune-Albright syndrome clinical features?
- Cafe-au-lait pigmentation (flat brown patches on skin)
- Presents in children
- Precocious puberty (girls <10)
- Normal bone replaced with fibrous tissue (bones deform and can be painful)
- Associated endocrinopathy
McCune-Albright syndrome aetiology?
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Affects >1 bone
Hyperactivity –> Cushing’s, hyperthyroidism
Craniosynostosis syndromes clinical features?
- Severe underdevelopment of midface
- Hypertelorism with bulging eyes
- Learning difficulties
- Hearing loss and recurrent ear infections
- Webbing of fingers and toes
Craniosynostosis syndromes aetiology?
- Facial bones and bony sutures of skull fuse prematurely
- Apert syndrome
- Crouzon syndrome