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Dental maturity in children with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
A Kostara1, G J Roberts, M Gelbier
1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences London, U.K.
Purpose:
This study was performed to compare Dental Age (DA) of children with Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa recessiva (DEBr) with the DA of healthy children.
Methods:
Orthopantomographs (OPG's) of children with DEBr were compared with those of healthy children. Dental maturity was estimated using Dermirjian's method. A total of 48 pairs of OPG's were compared.
Results:
There was a considerable range of variation in the difference between the chronological age and the dental age of both groups. This varied from minus 2 years 8 months to plus 3 years for the control children and minus 3 years 1 month to plus 3 years 4 months for the DEBr children. Despite this wider range the average DA of children with DEBr was statistically significantly delayed by 2 years 3 months.
Conclusions:
The delay in dental developmental of children with DEBr may have an impact on the clinical management of these children.