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Pfeiffer syndrome: oral healthcare management and description of new dental findings in a craniosynostosis
Author(s) -
Hassona Yazan,
AlHadidi Abeer,
Ghlassi Thaer Abu,
Dali Hanin El,
Scully Crispian
Publication year - 2017
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/scd.12236
Subject(s) - medicine , craniosynostosis , dental care , craniosynostoses , dentistry , orthodontics , anatomy
Pfeiffer syndrome is a rare fibroblast growth factor receptor‐related craniosynostosis with variable clinical presentations. We describe new dental findings of hypodontia, microdontia, dilacerations, and radicular dentin dysplasia in a 19‐year‐old girl, and discuss the oral health management.