Dental findings in GAPO syndrome: case report

Braz Dent J. 2006;17(3):259-62. doi: 10.1590/s0103-64402006000300016.

Abstract

This article reports the case of a young female adult with GAPO syndrome who presented as a peculiar dental finding unerupted primary and permanent dentitions, which resembled total anodontia on clinical examination. A cephalometric analysis was performed to investigate the alterations in facial bone development. This is the 9th GAPO syndrome case reported in a Brazilian patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alopecia / genetics*
  • Anodontia / genetics*
  • Cephalometry
  • Facial Bones / pathology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Growth Disorders / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Optic Atrophy / genetics*
  • Skull Base / pathology
  • Syndrome
  • Tooth, Deciduous / pathology
  • Tooth, Impacted / etiology*
  • Tooth, Unerupted / etiology*