49,XXXXY Syndrome Dental Treatment: a Case Report

Authors

  • Marina D Achtari General Hospital Paidon Pentelis, Athens, Greece
  • Eleni A. Georgakopoulou Oral Medicine Center , Athens, Greece
  • Michael Achtaris Military Hospital-212 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Xanthi. Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v9i4.606

Keywords:

XXXXY syndrome, dentofacial manifestations, dental care

Abstract

This paper presents a 12-year-old male patient with XXXXY syndrome, who was treated under general anesthesia twice due to mental retardation and uncooperative behavior. The general and dentofacial manifestations of XXXXY syndrome where present.The child had to be treated as as an emergency case both times due to severe pain and abcesses. Several teeth were severely decayed and had to be extracted that led to severe anodontia as there were no secondary dentition to follow. This case emphasises the importance of regular dental care, good nutricion and monitoring of dental development in children with XXXXY syndrome.

Key-words: XXXXY syndrome,dentofacial manifestations,dental care

Author Biographies

Marina D Achtari, General Hospital Paidon Pentelis, Athens, Greece

consultant,

Dental Clinic, General Hospital Paidon Pentelis,Athens, Greece

 

Eleni A. Georgakopoulou, Oral Medicine Center , Athens, Greece

oral physician

Oral Medicine Center ,
Athens, Greece

Michael Achtaris, Military Hospital-212 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Xanthi. Greece

Major (Hellenic Army) D'Army Corps, Biopathologist Stuff Officer,

Military Hospital-212 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Xanthi. Greece

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Published

2014-08-15

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2014)

Section

CASE REPORTS

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