Abstract
Two child patients with partial anodontia received follow-up dental care for the functional as well as esthetical improvement involving insertion of the partial dentures at the Pediatric Dental Clinic of the Tsurumi University Dental Hospital.
Since the patients of partial anodontia exhibit a naturally small denture pattern as well as reduced alveolar growth, dental care must be focused on controlling the height of the occlusion for producing the partial or over denture for them. For this purpose, we utilized angle and linear analyses of the Xray cephalograms of the patients and these date were compared with the average values of the normal cases of the same age for determining proper height of the bite plate or dentures produced.
A 7-year-9 month old girl (case 1) showed thirteen congenitally missing teeth. Her anterior crossbite was corrected by using an activator, and the partial dentures were inserted bimaxillary at the age of 10 years-11 months.
A 10-year-old boy (case 2) showed eighteen congenitally missing teeth. The over dentures were inserted bimaxillary at the age of 10 years-9 months. Frenectomy of the upper labial frenum and closing of medial diastema were performed, and microdontia of _??__??w__e?r?e_ a lso improved with the resin jacket crowns.
These two cases were followed clinically up to respective 14 years of age and 13 years-5 months of age.
