Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
- Volume 7 Issue 1
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- Pages.41-46
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- 1982
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- 2288-9272(pISSN)
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- 2383-8493(eISSN)
A Case Report of Dental Defects in Congenital Syphilis
선천 매독성 치아기형 1예 보고
Abstract
The patient, 11 yeats old male was examined for routine oral health care. He had been hospitalized for treatment of nephritis. Hos physical condition os mental retarded & undergrowth state. In oral examination, notch on cutting edge and screw-driver shaped crown of maxillary central incisors, narrow crown and dwarfed & pinched occlusal surface of lower first molars and scars(rhagades) on the angle of the lip were shown. We diagnosed the above symptoms as dental defects of congenital syphilis; Huchinson's inscisors and mulberry molar.
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