Dentinogenesis Imperfecta - Treatment

Treatment

One treatment option is bonding, putting lighter enamel on the weakened enamel of the teeth and with lots of treatments of this bonding, the teeth appear whiter to the eye, but the teeth on the inside and under that cover are still the same. Due to the weakened condition of the teeth, many common cosmetic procedures such as braces and bridges are inappropriate for patients with Dentinogenesis imperfecta and are likely to cause even more damage than the situation they were intended to correct.

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Developmental tooth disease/tooth abnormality (K00–K01, 520)
Quantity
  • Anodontia/Hypodontia
  • Hyperdontia
Abnormalities of
size and form
  • Concrescence
  • Fusion
  • Gemination
  • Dens evaginatus/Talon cusp
  • Dens invaginatus
  • Enamel pearl
  • Macrodontia
  • Microdontia
  • Taurodontism
  • Supernumerary roots
Disturbances in
formation
  • Dilaceration
  • Regional odontodysplasia
  • Turner's hypoplasia
  • Enamel hypoplasia
  • Ectopic enamel
Other hereditary disturbances
in structure
  • Amelogenesis imperfecta
  • Dentinogenesis imperfecta
  • Dentin dysplasia
  • Regional odontodysplasia
Other
  • Dental fluorosis
  • Tooth impaction

M: TTH

anat/devp/phys

noco/cong/jaws/tumr, epon, injr

dent, proc (endo, orth, pros)

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