Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports (Jan 2008)

in the Early Childhood: A Case Report

  • Flávia dos Santos Moraes,
  • Andrέa Gonçalves Antonio D.D.S., M.S.D.,
  • Marta Lua Pimentel Winz Almeida,
  • Rodolfo de Almeida Lima Castro,
  • Roberto Vianna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S713
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1

Abstract

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium that usually affects immunocompromised patients, causing infections whose signals and symptoms are related to the affected organ. The patient presented in this article was infected when he was 9 months old. Such condition led to certain alterations like dental improperly positioned teeth, retained deciduous teeth, hipodonty of permanent teeth, atrophy of the upper jaw and dental crowding. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to report the case of a patient affected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in the early childhood and to describe the dental development disorders as consequence of this fact.