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Dental treatment of children with Angelman syndrome: a case report
Author(s) -
Murakami Christiana,
Corrêa Maria Salete Nahás Pires,
Corrêa Fernanda Nahás Pires,
Corrêa José Paulo Nahás Pires
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2008.00003.x
Subject(s) - medicine , angelman syndrome , drooling , swallowing , prognathism , pediatrics , dentistry , osteotomy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic neurological disorder. The main clinical characteristics of this syndrome are delayed neuropsychological development, intellectual disability, speech impairment, movement or balance disorder, and a behavioural uniqueness. The syndrome has oral manifestations such as diastemas, tongue thrusting, sucking/swallowing disorder, mandibular prognathism, a wide mouth, frequent drooling, and excessive chewing behaviour. The dental literature on the syndrome is scarce. The purpose of paper is to describe the interesting aspects of the dental treatment of a child with AS.