Conditions / Genetic

dentin dysplasia type II

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A dentin dysplasia characterized by primary teeth with discoloration and obliteration of the pulp chamber, and secondary teeth with normal coloration, pulps shaped like thistles or tubes, and ovoid pulp stones that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation i

A dentin dysplasia characterized by primary teeth with discoloration and obliteration of the pulp chamber, and secondary teeth with normal coloration, pulps shaped like thistles or tubes, and ovoid pulp stones that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the DSPP gene on chromosome 4q22.

Signs and symptoms

  • Thistle tube shaped pulp
  • Dentinogenesis imperfecta limited to primary teeth
  • Pulp calcification

Also known as: DD-II; coronal dentin dysplasia