Author/Authors :
Santos Bezerra Pinto, Antonione Department of Morphology - Faculty of Medicine - Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil , Silva Conceição Pinto, Moarae Department of Histology and Embryology - Faculty of Biomedicine -Federal University of Piauı, Parnaıba, PI, Brazil , Melo do Val, Cinthya Department of Genetic and Applied Toxicology - Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil , Costa Oliveira, Leonam Department of Medical Skills - Faculty of Medicine - Federal University of Piauı, Parnaıba, PI, Brazil , Costa de Aquino, Cristhyane Laboratory of the Biology of Tissue Healing Ontogeny and Nutrition - Department of Morphology and Institute of Biomedicine - School of Medicine - Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil , Pereira Vasconcelos, Daniel Fernando Department of Histology and Embryology - Faculty of Biomedicine -Federal University of Piauı, Parnaıba, PI, Brazil
Abstract :
Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a genetically heterogeneous condition resulting from clinical anomalies of structures derived from the
ectoderm, such as the hair, nails, sweat glands, and teeth.This clinical report presents the case of a child diagnosed with hypohidrotic
ED at 2 years of age; clinical and imaging evaluation was performed with 6-year follow-up, and we present details of the prosthetic
dental care, with a 12-month follow-up. The patient’s masticatory capacity had improved, leading to the child gaining 4 kg. In
conclusion, prosthetic management was noninvasive and appeared to lead to developmental benefits for the patient.
