Avaliação das características bucais de pacientes portadores de síndrome de Down da APAE de Mogi das Cruzes - SP

• Main Authors: Camila Negretti Santangelo, Danieli Peixoto Gomes, Luiza de Oliveira Vilela, Tamy Shiozawa de Deus, Vinicius de Oliveira Vilela, Elaine Marcílio Santos
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Nove de Julho 2008-01-01
• Series: ConScientiae Saúde
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92970105

The patients with Down syndrome have a genetic alteration resulting from the simple trisomy of chromosome 21 and present several oral alterations that dental surgeons ought to know in order to provide a good service. Thus, in this study, the aim was to assess the general and oral characteristics of 20 patients of the APAE from Mogi das Cruzes city, where they were submitted to examination and implementation of a questionnaire for assessing oral characteristics, occlusal changes and more frequent habits. The data were analyzed with the statistical software EpiInfo version 6.0 and Harvard Graphics, version 2.0. The main oral features observed were macroglossia, muscle hypotonia, oral breath, ogival palate, few cavities and severe periodontal disease. The most frequent malocclusions found in this sample were anterior open bite with posterior crossbite, Angle Class III or Pseudo-Class III due to muscle hypotonia and macroglossia. The results have enabled us to conclude that the patients have occlusal changes caused by skeletal and functional alterations, and which are frequently found in patients with the syndrome.