RADIATION-INDUCED HYPOPLASIA OF THE TEETH AND MANDIBLE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
TAKINAMI S KAGA M YAHATA H KURE A OGUCHI H YASUDA M
Citation
S. Takinami et al., RADIATION-INDUCED HYPOPLASIA OF THE TEETH AND MANDIBLE - A CASE-REPORT, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, 78(3), 1994, pp. 382-384
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304220
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
382 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4220(1994)78:3<382:RHOTTA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Hypoplasia of the mandible and teeth is reported in a 4-year-old boy w ho had cystic hygroma. At age 7 months he had been treated with Co-60- gamma-radiation (24 Gy to the head and neck, 45 Gy to the mediastinum) followed by surgery. Panoramic and periapical radiographs showed hypo plasia of the roots of the primary canines, molars, and permanent teet h and no evidence of tooth germs. The patient was followed up to age 1 3 years.