Case Report
"A Unique Case of Amelogenesis Imperfecta"
Lakshman Balaji*, Revathy V, Suganthi, Geethalakshmi and Prem Kumar SDepartment of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India
- *Corresponding Author:
- Dr. Lakshman B
House surgeon
Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital
Chennai, India, Plot no 32
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Dhandeeswaram, Velachery, Chennai-600 042, India
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Received Date: May 18, 2016; Accepted Date: May 23, 2016; Published Date: May 27, 2016
Citation: Lakshman B, Revathy V, Suganthi, Geethalakshmi, Prem Kumar S (2016) A Unique Case of Amelogenesis Imperfecta. Pediatr Dent Care 1:109. doi:10.4172/pdc.1000109
Copyright: © 2016 Lakshman B, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Amelogenesis imperfecta is a developmental disturbance in the structure of the tooth enamel of genetic origin. Though it is a rare hereditary defect, it is not an uncommon entity and is encountered in clinical practice with varying degrees of frequency. Amelogenesis imperfecta, for the most part, is widely considered as a disease, which affects the enamel of all the teeth uniformly. We present here a case of amelogenesis imperfecta in which relative sparing of the maxillary and mandibular anteriors is seen. This report should serve to remind clinicians of the fact that overly simple descriptions of the distribution of the disease are unwarranted, and that it can present inhighly variablepatterns.
