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Down Syndrome: a Literature Review


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1 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, AECS Maaruti dental college, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
     

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Down Syndrome (DS) is a genetic condition caused by a chromosomal abnormality and results in a characteristic appearance, learning disability and a variety of physical and medical features. . In India frequency of that occurrence is 2.2 per 1000 live births. Maternal age plays an important role in the frequency of Down syndrome. A wide variety of systemic (cardiovascular, hematopoietic, musculoskeletal, nervous) and oral anomalies (palate, oral opening, tongue, dental, periodontal and occlusion) are seen in Down syndrome children. Each individual may carry only limited anomalies which vary in its degree of severity and with age. These children require medical consultation and dentists do not need special skills or equipment to treat Down syndrome patients routinely in a dental office.
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Authors

Shilpa K Shetty
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Nischitha Naik
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
K N Pradeep Kumar
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, AECS Maaruti dental college, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Amitha M Hegde
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A.B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Down Syndrome (DS) is a genetic condition caused by a chromosomal abnormality and results in a characteristic appearance, learning disability and a variety of physical and medical features. . In India frequency of that occurrence is 2.2 per 1000 live births. Maternal age plays an important role in the frequency of Down syndrome. A wide variety of systemic (cardiovascular, hematopoietic, musculoskeletal, nervous) and oral anomalies (palate, oral opening, tongue, dental, periodontal and occlusion) are seen in Down syndrome children. Each individual may carry only limited anomalies which vary in its degree of severity and with age. These children require medical consultation and dentists do not need special skills or equipment to treat Down syndrome patients routinely in a dental office.

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