Dental Stigmata of Congenital Syphilis: A Historic Review With Present Day Relevance.
Head Neck Pathol
; 10(3): 327-31, 2016 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-26897633
Syphilis was the first sexually transmitted disease to be diagnosed in childhood. Most developed countries controlled syphilis effectively after the 1950s and congenital syphilis became rare. Since the late 1990s there has been a resurgence of syphilis in developed and developing countries and the WHO estimates that at least half a million infants die of congenital syphilis every year. The earliest reference to the dental manifestations of congenital syphilis was by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, Assistant Surgeon at The London Hospital in 1861. Three main dental defects are described in congenital syphilis; Hutchinson's incisors, Moon's molars or bud molars, and Fournier's molars or mulberry molars. Although many physicians, dentists, and pathologists in developed countries will be aware of the dental features of syphilis, most will never have seen a case or made the diagnosis. The purpose of this article is to review some of the history of congenital syphilis, remind healthcare professionals of the features, and bring to their attention that the changes are still prevalent and that milder cases can be mistaken for other causes of hypoplasia.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Sífilis Congénita
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Head Neck Pathol
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
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PATOLOGIA
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos