Abstract
The characteristics of the Alagille syndrome are a specific facial appearance, a mesosystolic murmur, vertebral arch defects, growth retardation, mcntal retardation and hypogonadism in addition to hepatic ductular hypoplasia. A case of a 12-year-old girl who was diagnosed to have the typical symptoms associated with the Alagille syndrome is described in the present report.
The following are the dental findings pertinent to this case.
1. Severe and multiple caries were observed.
2. The cephalometric analysis showed that both the maxilla and mandible, were less developed.
3. Brown-yellow discoloration of teeth was noticed on all teeth.
