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Marina de Deus Moura de Lima1, Karem Lopez Ortega, Luis Carlos Arias Araújo
1Postgraduate Student, Special Care Dentistry Center, Department of Oral Pathology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by a short neck, a low posterior hairline, and limited head movement. Occasionally, patients with KFS may also show signs of deafness, intellectual disability, cardiac malformation, palpebral ptosis, facial nerve paralysis, cleft palate, and scoliosis. Although some researchers have documented this syndrome, scant attention has been paid to craniomaxillofacial manifestations and dental treatment of patients with KFS. The objective of this case report was to describe the planning and execution of dental treatment for a 10-year-old male patient with KFS.

