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| Year : 2009 |
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Amelogenesis imperfecta: Report of a case and review of literature
Mayur Chaudhary1, Shweta Dixit2, Asha Singh3, Sanket Kunte3
1 Department of Oral Pathology, New Horizon Dental College and Research Institute, Sakri, Bilaspur, India
2 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, New Horizon Dental College and Research Institute, Sakri, Bilaspur, India
3 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India
Correspondence Address:
Mayur Chaudhary
Department of Oral Pathology, New Horizon Dental College and Research Institute, Sakri, Bilaspur
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.57673
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Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a diverse collection of inherited diseases that exhibit quantitative or qualitative tooth enamel defects in the absence of systemic manifestations. Also known by varied names such as Hereditary enamel dysplasia, Hereditary brown enamel, Hereditary brown opalescent teeth, this defect is entirely ectodermal, since mesodermal components of the teeth are basically normal. The AI trait can be transmitted by either autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, or X-linked modes of inheritance. Genes implicated in autosomal forms are genes encoding enamel matrix proteins, namely: enamelin and ameloblastin, tuftelin, MMP-20 and kallikrein - 4. This article presents a case reported to Dr. D. Y. Patil, Dental College and Hospital, Pune, India, along with a review of this often seen clinical entity. |
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