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Authors
Affiliations
1 Private Practice, Chennai, IN
2 Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Vol 10, No 12 (2019), Pagination: 557-560
Abstract
Achondroplasia, most frequent form of dwarfism, is of special interest in the field of dentistry because of its craniofacial characteristics that includes relative macrocephaly, frontal prominence depressed nasal bridge, maxillary hypoplasia and dental malocclusion. The present paper reports a case of 30 years old male achondroplastic patient with review of the literature.
Keywords
Dwarfism, Cartilage, Gene Mutation, FGFR3 and Orofacial Manifestation.