Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK
Department of Child Health, The Queen's University of Belfast, UK
Abstract:
The medical findings in three siblings suffering from hypoparathyroidism are described and the results of independent histological examination of their extracted teeth are given. There was general agreement between the chronology of the medical and dental findings. In two of the siblings the earliest dentinal defects predated clinical signs of hypocalcaemia and in all three cases dentine formed after the initiation of medical treatment became normal in structure.