The Kabuki syndrome: four patients with oral abnormalities

• Published in: European journal of orthodontics Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 13 - 19
• Main Authors: Petzold, D., Kratzsch, E., Opitz, Ch, Tinschert, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.02.2003; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anodontia - pathology; Child; Cuspid - pathology; Dental Pulp Cavity - abnormalities; Dentistry; Facies; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital - pathology; Humans; Incisor - abnormalities; Lip - abnormalities; Male; Malocclusion - pathology; Molar - abnormalities; Mouth Abnormalities - pathology; Palate - abnormalities; Retrognathia - pathology; Root Resorption - pathology; Syndrome; Tooth Abnormalities - pathology
• ISSN: 0141-5387; 1460-2210
• DOI: 10.1093/ejo/25.1.13

The aim of this paper is to report the oral signs and symptoms of four patients with Kabuki syndrome. All had oral abnormalities affecting the palate, teeth, and/or lips, including wide spacing between the teeth, screwdriver‐shaped upper incisors, hypodontia, delayed tooth eruption, narrow spacing in the upper canine area, large pulp chambers of the upper incisors and permanent molars, external root resorption of the upper central incisors and permanent molars, a division of the lower third of the root canal in normally one‐rooted teeth, tooth retention, retrognathia of the upper jaw, a high palate or cleft lip/palate, and microforms of lower lip fistula.