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Summer 2007: Volume 31, Number 4
 
Pediatric Oral Pathology

Oral and Dental Findings in Osteopetrorickets
Gunseli Guven / Feridun Basak / Isil Saygun / Ceyhan Altun / Erman Akbulut / Avni Atay / Mustafa Gulgun

While dental findings of both rickets and osteopetrosis have been reported, there is no published report on the oral and dental findings of osteopetrorickets. In this paper dental findings of osteopetrorickets were presented.
A two-year-old female child was referred to the pedodontics clinic for dental examinations before bone marrow transplantation. Her teeth showed severe mobility and the eruption of the teeth were delayed. The dental findings of the patient were different from that of osteopetrosis and rickets.
Key words: Osteopetrosis, Rickets, Osteopetrorickets, Oral and dental findings

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