Balkan Journal of Dental Medicine (Mar 2014)

Prosthodontic Management of a Patient with Oligodontia: A Case Report

  • Malkondu Özlem,
  • Kayahan Mehmet Baybora,
  • Sayınsu Korkmaz,
  • Argın Kılıçarslan,
  • Kazazoğlu Ender

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/bjdm-2015-0009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 1
pp. 52 – 56

Abstract

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Oligodontia or severe hypodontia is a rare developmental dental anomaly which is described as congenital absence of 6 or more teeth excluding the third molars. In this case report, the treatment of a 31-yearold woman with congenital absence of 9 permanent teeth is described. The treatment with occlusal appliance and fixed a partial dentures ended up in functional and aesthetic results.

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