Author/Editor     Pavlič, Alenka; Waltimo-Siren, Janna
Title     Clinical and microstructural aberrations of enamel of deciduous and permanent teeth in patients with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy
Type     članek
Source     Arch Oral Biol
Vol. and No.     Letnik 54, št. 7
Publication year     2009
Volume     str. 658-65
Language     eng
Abstract     Objective: Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) causes multiple endocrine deficiencies, oral candidiasis and different forms of ectodermal dystrophy including enamel hypoplasia, documented in permanent teeth. Our purpose was to examine dental aberrations associated with APECED, including possible manifestations in primary teeth. Design: We studied clinically, radiographically, and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) teeth of children belonging to two APECED families with different mutations in the AIRE gene. Results: In addition to enamel defects in the permanent teeth we observed hypoplastic pits and hypomaturated patches in the deciduous teeth with underlying changes in the prismatic ultrastructure. The enamel of the permanent molars exhibited a layered arrangement with included whirl-like formations. Conclusion: Our findings confirm that APECED causes enamel defects that are individually but chronologically distributed, and can alter enamel development early enough to affect deciduous teeth.
Descriptors     POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE
CANDIDIASIS, ORAL
DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA
TOOTH ABNORMALITIES
MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING