The diagnosis of Amelogenesis Imperfecta (AI) in a young patient can present many complex restorative and orth odontic challenges for the pediatric dentist. These patients have traditionally been treated with a combination of extractions, composite bonding, stainless steel crowns, adhesive castings, over-dentures, and porcelain veneers. They often have anterior open bites or vertical deep bites...

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) represents a group of developmental conditions, genomic in origin, which affect the structure and clinical appearance of enamel of all or nearly all the teeth in a more or less equal manner, and which may be associated with morphologic or biochemical changes elsewhere in the body. The prevalence varies from 1:700 to 1:14,000, according to the populations studied. Th...

Amelogenesis imperfecta is an autosomal dominant disorder. It is a group of hereditary diseases showing abnormal enamel density and crown malformation. This clinical report describes the oral rehabilitation of a young adult diagnosed with a variant of hypoplastic amelogenesis imperfecta with multiple impacted teeth and skeletal class III malocclusion. The treatment procedures of teeth extractio...

This clinical report describes a male with autosomal recessive generalized hypoplastic amelogenesis imperfecta. This case is unusual in coronal resorptions prior to tooth eruption. This finding has been reported in some cases of autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant and X linked amelogenesis imperfecta (AI). In reported cases, the defects were usually small and occurred in a maximum of 2 teet...

amelogenesis imperfecta is a group of genetic disorders that affects both the morphology and quality of tooth structure. although the disease entity is primarily associated with abnormalities of dental and oral structures, it has been reported to be associated with a few syndromes. a 9-year-old girl with minor thalassemia referred to the department of pediatric dentistry of the mashhad faculty ...

amelogenesis imperfecta (ai) is a disorder of tooth development where there is an abnormal formation of enamel or the external layer of teeth. the aim of this study was to screen mutations in the four most important candidate genes, enam, klk4, mmp20 and fam83h responsible for amelogenesis imperfect.geneomic dna was isolated from five iranian families with 22 members affected with enamel malfor...

The main origin of amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a genetic alteration inherited by family member which affects the dental enamel teeth person with this condition in various ways. present clinical case from Teaching Dental Clinic Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia 6-year 5-month-old male child who came to office accompanied his father and 8-year-old sister, diagnosed same AI condition. compr...