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Hypodontia: George's case. 1997

W J Kerr, and J D Clark, and M H Davis
Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.

Five questions are posed regarding the treatment of a patient with hypodontia. The treatment options are discussed, and the actual treatment carried out demonstrated. The treatment preferences of British Orthodontists, elicited through the CASES project, are also included.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007180 Incisor Any of the eight frontal teeth (four maxillary and four mandibular) having a sharp incisal edge for cutting food and a single root, which occurs in man both as a deciduous and a permanent tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p820) Incisors
D008297 Male Males
D008312 Malocclusion, Angle Class II Malocclusion in which the mandible is posterior to the maxilla as reflected by the relationship of the first permanent molar (distoclusion). Angle Class II,Angle Class II, Division 1,Angle Class II, Division 2,Class II Malocclusion, Division 1,Class II Malocclusion, Division 2,Malocclusion, Angle Class II, Division 1,Malocclusion, Angle Class II, Division 2,Class II, Angle
D008437 Maxilla One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS. Maxillae,Maxillary Bone,Bone, Maxillary,Bones, Maxillary,Maxillary Bones,Maxillas
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003818 Dentition, Mixed The complement of teeth in the jaws after the eruption of some of the permanent teeth but before all the deciduous teeth are absent. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed) Dentition, Transitional,Dentitions, Mixed,Dentitions, Transitional,Mixed Dentition,Mixed Dentitions,Transitional Dentition,Transitional Dentitions
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000848 Anodontia Congenital absence of the teeth. It may involve all (total anodontia) or only some of the teeth (partial anodontia, hypodontia), or six or more of the teeth (oligodontia) and both the deciduous and the permanent dentition, or only teeth of the permanent dentition. Dental Agenesis, Familial,Familial Dental Agenesis,Familial Tooth Agenesis,Hypodontia,Oligodontia,Partial Anodontia,Total Anodontia,Hypodontia Oligodontia 1,Tooth Agenesis, Familial,Tooth Agenesis, Selective, 1,Agenesis, Familial Dental,Agenesis, Familial Tooth,Anodontia, Partial,Anodontia, Total,Familial Dental Ageneses,Familial Tooth Ageneses,Oligodontia 1, Hypodontia,Oligodontias,Partial Anodontias,Total Anodontias
D014085 Tooth Migration The movement of teeth into altered positions in relationship to the basal bone of the ALVEOLAR PROCESS and to adjoining and opposing teeth as a result of loss of approximating or opposing teeth, occlusal interferences, habits, inflammatory and dystrophic disease of the attaching and supporting structures of the teeth. (From Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed) Tooth Drift,Tooth Drifting,Migration, Tooth
D017289 Orthodontic Appliances, Functional Loose, usually removable intra-oral devices which alter the muscle forces against the teeth and craniofacial skeleton. These are dynamic appliances which depend on altered neuromuscular action to effect bony growth and occlusal development. They are usually used in mixed dentition to treat pediatric malocclusions. (ADA, 1992) Bimler Appliance,Frankel Function Regulator,Herbst Appliance,Kinetor,Appliance, Bimler,Appliance, Functional Orthodontic,Appliance, Herbst,Appliances, Functional Orthodontic,Function Regulator, Frankel,Functional Orthodontic Appliance,Functional Orthodontic Appliances,Kinetors,Orthodontic Appliance, Functional,Regulator, Frankel Function

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