Complex Rehabilitation for an Adolescent with Ectodermal Dysplasia—A 10‐Year Follow‐Up

• Published in: Journal of prosthodontics Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 7 - 12
• Main Authors: Sun, Xiaodi, Yang, Jing, Ma, Xiaoli, Liu, Songyun, Zhang, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent; Alveolar bone; Anodontia; bone graft; Bone grafts; Bone implants; Dental Implantation, Endosseous; Dental Implants; Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; Dentistry; Denture, Overlay; Dentures; Distraction osteogenesis; Ectodermal dysplasia (ED); Ectodermal Dysplasia - complications; Ectodermal Dysplasia - surgery; Esthetics, Dental; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Iliac crest; Maxilla; Maxillofacial; Patients; Rehabilitation; Transplants & implants; Ectodermal dysplasia (ED); bone graft; dental implants; distraction osteogenesis
• ISSN: 1059-941X; 1532-849X
• DOI: 10.1111/jopr.13238

Maxillofacial rehabilitation of patients with ectodermal dysplasia (ED) often presents clinical challenges due to hypodontia and hypoplastic alveolar bone. This clinical report describes a 16‐year‐old patient suffering from ED who displayed severe hypodontia, maxillary retrusion and thin knife‐edge alveolar crest. This patient was treated with distraction osteogenesis and a bone graft harvested from the iliac crest to correct maxillary retrusion and bone insufficiency. Six months later, implants were inserted. Then, implant‐supported overdentures were completed. Although a new implant was reinserted during the 10‐year follow‐up, the results showed that combination surgical treatment achieved a predictable, functional and esthetic outcome in a patient suffering from ED.