Prosthetic Management of a Child with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: 6-Year Follow-Up

Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto; Moara E Silva Conceição Pinto; Cinthya Melo do Val; Leonam Costa Oliveira; Cristhyane Costa de Aquino; Daniel Fernando Pereira Vasconcelos

doi:10.1155/2016/2164340

Prosthetic Management of a Child with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia: 6-Year Follow-Up

Case Rep Dent. 2016:2016:2164340. doi: 10.1155/2016/2164340. Epub 2016 Oct 16.

Authors

Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto¹, Moara E Silva Conceição Pinto², Cinthya Melo do Val³, Leonam Costa Oliveira⁴, Cristhyane Costa de Aquino⁵, Daniel Fernando Pereira Vasconcelos²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
² Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Biomedicine, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, PI, Brazil.
³ Department of Genetic and Applied Toxicology, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Medical Skills, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Piauí, Parnaíba, PI, Brazil.
⁵ Laboratory of the Biology of Tissue Healing, Ontogeny and Nutrition, Department of Morphology and Institute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 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.