Five-Year Follow-Up of a Child with Non-Syndromic Oligodontia from before the Primary Dentition Stage: A Case Report

• Published in: Children (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 717
• Main Authors: Akitomo, Tatsuya, Kusaka, Satoru, Iwamoto, Yuko, Usuda, Momoko, Kametani, Mariko, Asao, Yuria, Nakano, Masashi, Tachikake, Meiko, Mitsuhata, Chieko, Nomura, Ryota
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Articulation disorders in children; Case Report; Case reports; Children & youth; congenital absence of teeth; Congenital diseases; dental arch; Dentures; dimensional changes; Dysarthria; Genetic disorders; Males; Morphology; non-syndromic oligodontia; Nutrition; Patients; Pediatrics; Pedodontics; Prostheses; Speech; Systemic diseases; Teeth; Tongue; Japan; congenital absence of teeth; dental arch; non-syndromic oligodontia; dimensional changes
• ISSN: 2227-9067; 2227-9067
• DOI: 10.3390/children10040717

Congenital absence of teeth is a major dental abnormality in pediatric dentistry and the absence of six or more teeth is defined as oligodontia. Few reports of patients with non-syndromic oligodontia without systemic disease have continued dental follow-up from an early age. We performed the five-year follow-up from before the eruption of the primary dentition of a Japanese child with non-syndromic oligodontia and analyzed changes in dental arch growth. At the oral examination at the age of 1 year and 2 months, eight primary incisors were congenitally absent. Therefore, we made dentures for the patient at the age of 3 years and 4 months. From the age of 5 years and 1 month, the child received articulation training for dysarthria from a speech therapist to improve the function and appearance of the oral cavity. Measurement of the patient's dental models revealed a particularly narrow dental arch, especially between the primary canines. Our findings highlight the importance of treatment for patients with non-syndromic oligodontia from an early age by multiple medical professionals, recognizing that the missing teeth affect the growth of the maxillofacial region.