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Amelogenesis imperfecta: enamel ultra structure and molecular studies.
The Journal of clinical pediatric dentistry - 1 Jan 2004
Gopinath V K, Al-Salihi K A M, Yean Chan Yean, Ann Melissa Chan Li, Ravichandran M
Abstract excerpt
Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a hereditary disorder resulting in generalized defects in the enamel. The case reported here is of a seven-year-old male child with yellow color of all his teeth. Two of his primary molars were extracted due to dental abscess with advanced root resorption. Histologically hypoplastic enamel layer, positively birefringent, generalized pitting, roughness with irregular general cracked...
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