What is it about?
Ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia with clefting (EEC) is a rare syndrome resulting from TP63 gene mutations. This is clinical case report of a definetly negative behaving child with EEC syndrome who received full dental treatment under general anesthesia, while further prosthetic treatment and space management were carried out chairside. The full mouth rehabilitation improved the child's quality of life assessed by the child perception questionnaire (CPQ11‐14) before and after treatment.
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Why is it important?
We highlighted the value of proper diagnosis and fulfillment of the unmet dental needs for patients with orofacial syndromes to improve their quality of life.
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I hope this report draws the attention to the dental needs of children with rare orofacial syndromes and how to imrove the quality of life of these children and their overwhelmed families.
Yasmine Elhamouly
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This page is a summary of: Dental management of a child with ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia cleft lip/palate syndrome: A case report, Special Care in Dentistry, February 2019, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/scd.12364.
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