Klinefelter's syndrome and taurodontism.
Arch Ital Urol Androl
; 91(2)2019 Jul 02.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Taurodontism is a dental anomaly characterized by an enlarged pulp chamber and apycal displacement of the pulpar floor. The prevalence of taurodontism in normal population is controversial. It has been reported that taurodontism is frequently observed in Klinefelter's patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of taurodontism in a group of Italian Klinefelter's patients and in a randomly selected male population of Italy and to compare the results with published data. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Digital panoramic radiographs of 16 Klinefelter's patients and of 100 normal males were retrospectively studied in order to investigate the prevalence of taurodontism in these groups of patients.RESULTS:
Taurodont teeth were observed in 2 of the 16 Klinefelter's patients (12.5%) and in 2 of 100 normal males (2.0%).CONCLUSIONS:
Our results confirm the higher prevalence of taurodontism in Klinefelter's patients compared to the normal population (12.5% vs. 2.0%). Due to the wide discrepancy of incidence of taurodontism reported in literature (0.04%-48.0% in normal population; 12.5%-88.0% in Klinefelter's patients), we conclude that it is not possible to state which is the prevalence of taurodontism in a normal population nor among Klinefelter's patients.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Anomalías Dentarias
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Cavidad Pulpar
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Síndrome de Klinefelter
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Ital Urol Androl
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA REPRODUTIVA
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NEFROLOGIA
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UROLOGIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article