Dental age estimation by different methods in patients with amelogenesis imperfecta

Radiographic analysis of dental maturation in children with amelogenesis imperfecta: A case‐control study

“…On the other hand, the outcomes obtained at this phase of the study might suggest that the staging technique 30 and the method 29 used for estimating the age of non‐syndromic or healthy children could be applicable to children with AI. Similarly, Kirzioglu et al 27 stated that AI did not appear to impact on dental crown‐root maturation in a sample from Turkey. In their study, the authors used and compared three methods for dental age estimation different from the one used in this study.…”

“…Most of the studies in the field sampled subjects with no systemic or genetic alterations 11,16,18 . Consequently, the scientific literature behind subjects with such alterations remained scarce 27,31 . When it comes to AI, the number of studies is even lower, 27,31 especially because this condition is rare.…”

“…Consequently, the scientific literature behind subjects with such alterations remained scarce 27,31 . When it comes to AI, the number of studies is even lower, 27,31 especially because this condition is rare. Based on the exposed, the present study aimed at investigating dental maturation in subjects with AI via an observational case‐control study in panoramic radiographs.…”

“…In practice, the therapeutic approach represents a clinical reason to justify dental age estimation studies in subjects with AI. Despite the evident importance of studies in the field, the scientific literature is considerably scarce, 27 especially because this is a rare entity, which makes sampling difficult.…”

Dental age estimation in children affected by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

“…Although specific studies for the systemic pathologies are necessarily limited to a few subjects, given the high difficulty in collecting the study cases, some congenital syndromes [14], such as the epidermolysis bullosa [15] and the X-trisomic syndrome [14] seem not to affect tooth mineralization. On the contrary, in pathologies such as amelogenesis imperfecta [16], Turner and X-fragile syndromes [17], an advanced root mineralization has been noticed, while hypodontia [18,19], Apert syndrome [20] and thalassemia major [21] resulted in a simple slowing effect on it. It is also reported that severe hormonal diseases may affect the tooth development process, but data in the literature are controversial about the point (in growth-hormone deficiency-affected individuals [22][23][24], which seems to happen at a slower dental development but data about the entity of such an illness and of the possible normalization effect of a hormonal substitutive therapy are still not homogeneous).…”