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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Interdisciplinary management for restoration of function and esthetics in a patient with hereditary amelogenesis imperfecta
Sushma Dhiman, Saba Khan, Sandhya Maheshwari, Jay S Upadhyay
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.M.U., Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Saba Khan
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.M.U., Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2348-2915.154646
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Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a type of the hereditary disorder which is expressed as a group of conditions causing developmental alterations in the structure of enamel. It is associated with a reduction of oral health-related quality-of-life, has an impact on psychological well-being, and leads to various physiological problems. Children or adults with AI express varying degree of malocclusions either in the form of crowding, impacted teeth, spacing, retained teeth, reduced vertical height due to abnormal tooth structure or undue tooth loss. Orthodontic treatment should precede esthetic rehabilitation. Proper diagnosis of the case is quintessential to provide durable functional and esthetic result to these patients, improving the quality of their lives. We present a case of interdisciplinary management for restoring function and esthetics in a patient with hereditary AI of the hypoplastic type accompanied with tooth impaction and some other dental anomalies. |
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