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Primary failure of eruption and PTH1R: the importance of a genetic diagnosis for orthodontic treatment planning.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics - 1 Feb 2010
Frazier-Bowers Sylvia A, Simmons Darrin, Wright J Timothy, Proffit William R, Ackerman James L
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INTRODUCTION: Primary failure of eruption (PFE) is characterized by nonsyndromic eruption failure of permanent teeth in the absence of mechanical obstruction. Recent studies support that this dental phenotype is inherited and that mutations in PTH1R genes explain several familial cases of PFE. Th...
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