Abstract
Few reports, in the field of dentistry, have been published on the incomplete E. E. C. syndrome, which is called incomplete because it lacks one of the three symptom: Ectodactyly, Ectodermal dysplasia, and cleft lip and palate.
The present authors examined a female patient, two and a half years old, diagnosed as a case of incomplete E. E. C. syndrome with the symptoms of complete unilateral cleft and palate, thum polidactyly, and double dacriocytosis.
The following were the findings obtained from the examination.
1) Congenital missing teeth were observed as follows, _??__??__??
2) A lateral cephalogram indicated the growth of her maxilla to be markedly below normal while that of her mandible was within the normal range.
3) Morphological studies of her teeth were seriously impared on account of severe caries, but upon examining the morphological aspect of_??__??__??_a, slight tendancy toward tmowicarrodd ont was observed.
4) In order to improve the mastication, new dentures were prepared for her upper and lower jaws, and after a few months, improvements were made in the areas of mastication, pronunciation, esthetics and psychological aspect.
