"Estudo das manifestações crânio faciais de pacientes portadores da síndrome de Rubinstein-Taybi" / Study of the cranio facial manifestations of patients with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

The Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome was first report in 1963 by Jack Rubinstein and Hooshang Taybi and it’s related with the chromossomal microdelection in the region 16p13. The main characteristics are mental retardation, low stature, pointed nose, broad thumbs and toes and cardiac alterations. The buccal characteristics are reported in the literature by sporadic cases and includes retrognathia, fissured palate and dental malformation. It was studied the clinical characteristics with significance for the dentistry in 13 patients with RTS that seek treatment at the Special Care Dentristy Center during the period from 1998 to 2004. The ambulatorial clinical attendance was possible in the majority cases although the intelectual compromissing. The buccal manifestations frequently found were gingivitis and periodontitis, soft palate ptosis and ogival palate, talon cusps and oclusal alterations, like mandibular retrusion and posterior crossbite. It was accentuated the importance for the dentristry to know the implications from the syndrome to prevent them through directions for the relatives and previous interventions, especially orthodontics and periodontics.

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distúrbios de desenvolvimento dentários dental developmental disturbance maloclusão maloclusion rubinstein-taybi syndrome síndrome de rubinstein-taybi

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