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Dental age in patients with neurofibromatosis 1
Author(s) -
Jääsaari Päivi,
Visnapuu Vivian,
Nyström Marjatta,
Peltonen Sirkku,
Peltonen Juha,
Happonen RistoPekka
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2012.01000.x
Subject(s) - neurofibromatosis , craniofacial , medicine , dentistry , population , neurofibromatoses , pathology , psychiatry , environmental health
Neurofibromatosis type 1 ( NF 1) is a common, hereditary, neurocutaneous skeletal condition with a variety of osseous manifestations. Although NF 1 also affects craniofacial structures, the literature has only limited information related to the effect of NF 1 on dental development. In this study the dental age of 34 Finnish NF 1 patients, 8–17 yr of age, was estimated using the D emirjian & G oldstein method. The dental age of children with NF 1 was similar to that of a F innish control population. The findings suggest that NF 1 does not affect the timing of tooth development.