Abstract

NON-SYNDROMIC SUPERNUMERARY MAXILLARY CANINE: GENETIC STUDY

Romina Christiana Pavlovici, Ana Maria Cristina Tancu, Marina Imre, Stefan- Dimitrie Albu and Cristina-Crenguta Albu*

ABSTRACT

We are presenting the importance for the medical practice of the genetic study performed in the case of a patient presenting a supernumerary canine in the permanent dentition, an isolated, sporadic case, non-syndromic and non-hereditary, a very rare dental anomaly, the consequence of a spontaneous, de novo mutation. The genetic study was performed by the Genetics Department of A.S. Medical Center, in Bucharest, Romania, pursuant to the ethical rules of scientific research. The clinical and paraclinical examination of the patient was completed with the photographic examination, the family investigation, the genealogic tree and the analysis of the studied family’s genealogical tree, after acquiring the signed informed consent of the patient. The genetic investigations allow for the identification of the generic cause of the dental anomalies regarding the number, the type of the supernumerary teeth, the calculation of the anomaly recurrence risk amongst the descendants and the specific monitoring of the affected families, for the purpose of preventing complications.

Keywords: supernumerary canine, non-syndromic, genetic study, genealogic tree, dental anomaly.