Anodontia (definition)

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Definition: Congenital absence of the teeth; it may involve all (total anodontia) or only some of the teeth (partial anodontia, hypodontia), and both the deciduous and the permanent dentition, or only teeth of the permanent dentition. (Dorland, 27th ed)

congen absence of teeth; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; congen absence of one or more teeth: do not confuse with JAW, EDENTULOUS (total lack of teeth in either jaw through disease or extraction), JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIA

Other names Hypodontia

Substance	Categories	Source
Propping Zerres syndrome	Anodontia Ectodermal Dysplasia Lacrimal Duct Obstruction Nails, Malformed Pigmentation Disorders Limb Deformities, Congenital Breast/abnormalities.
Deafness oligodontia syndrome	Anodontia Hearing Loss, Sensorineural.
Microdontia hypodontia short stature	Abnormalities, Multiple Anodontia *Growth Disorders.
Pinheiro Freire-Maia Miranda syndrome	Anodontia Ectodermal Dysplasia *Nails, Malformed.	Clin Genet. 1986;29(4):332-6
Single upper central incisor	*Anodontia Incisor/abnormalities.
Aloi Tomasini Isaia syndrome	Anodontia Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome *Bone Diseases, Metabolic.
Taurodontia absent teeth sparse hair	Anodontia Ectodermal Dysplasia.
Thumb deformity, alopecia, pigmentation anomaly	Alopecia Anodontia *Pigmentation Disorders Thumb/abnormalities.
Witkop syndrome	Anodontia Nails, Malformed.
Zadik Barak Levin syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Anodontia Cleft Palate Dermoid Cyst *Hypothyroidism.
Mehta Lewis Patton syndrome	Anodontia Blepharoptosis Craniosynostoses Heart Defects, Congenital.
Growth retardation, Alopecia, Pseudoanodontia and Optic atrophy	Alopecia Anodontia Growth Disorders Optic Atrophy.
Epidermolysis bullosa, late-onset localized junctional, with mental retardation	Anodontia Intellectual Disability Nail Diseases Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex Hair/abnormalities.
Dermatoosteolysis Kirghizian type	Anodontia Ectodermal Dysplasia Keratitis Osteolysis *Skin Ulcer/congenital.

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