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Amelogenesis imperfecta: a scanning electron microscopic and histopathologic study

  • Figen Seymen1,*,
  • Basak Kiziltan1

1Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.26.4.3348743513089434 Vol.26,Issue 4,October 2002 pp.327-336

Published: 01 October 2002

*Corresponding Author(s): Figen Seymen E-mail: figenseymen@hotmail.com

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Abstract

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a hereditary defect in enamel formation affecting both primary and permanent dentition. Scanning electron microscopic investigation is one of the most effective methods in diagnosing and identifying the type of amelogenesis imperfecta. The aim of this study was to inves-tigate the ultrastructure of different types of amelogenesis imperfecta enamel. The primary teeth of three children with AI aged 4, 10 and 11-years-old were studied by scanning electron microscopy and irregular enamel, irregularities in enamel crystallites, hypoplastic areas on the enamel surface were seen. Histopathological evaluation revealed predentin areas with irregular canaliculi between normal dentin and internal resorption areas in the pulp tissue. Conclusively, in amelogenesis imperfecta, enamel tissue is mostly affected besides minor defects in dentinal and pulpal tissue.

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Figen Seymen,Basak Kiziltan. Amelogenesis imperfecta: a scanning electron microscopic and histopathologic study. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2002. 26(4);327-336.

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