Full Mouth Rehabilitation of an Adolescent Patient with Ectodermal Dysplasia: A Case Report

Abstract

to the structural aberration of the teeth and alveolar ridges.The sharp, conical-shaped teeth and knife-edged alveolar ridges impair the principles retention and stability of dentures. Case DesCriptionA 12-year-old boy reported to the department of pediatric and preventive dentistry with the chief complaint of multiple missing teeth.The familial history of the patient was non-contributory.On extraoral examination, dry and coarse skin, midface hypoplasia, prominent and dry lips, and scanty hair and eyelashes were noticed (Fig. 1).These findings were in accordance with the distinguishing features of anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.The intraoral examination revealed multiple missing permanent teeth in the anterior region, retained primary teeth with a deep carious lesion in relation to 65, arrested caries in relation to 85, midline diastema, knife-edged alveolar ridge, reduced vestibular depth, and bone height were observed (Fig. 2).The panoramic view revealed congenitally missing 15, 14, 13, 12, 22, 25, 35, 32, 31, 41, 45, and multiple retained primary teeth without underlying permanent successor.The retained primary teeth were 55, 54, 53, 65, 75, 81 and 85 (Fig. 3).