The Turner´s Syndrome in Odontology

Abstract

The Turner's syndrome (TS) was firstly described by Ulrich and Turner on 1938, and represents one of the most frequently chromosomic aberrations. l1's characterized by the presence of only one functional X chromosome. The other sexual chromosome doesn't exist or is abnormal (HALL and LOPEZ-RANGEL, 1995, cited by LOPEZ et aI., 2002). The most common kariotype is the 45,X, which is present in 40% to 60% of the patients with this pathology. This syndrome characteristic are gonadal disgenesis, puberal development delay, primary amenorrhea, sterility, wide chest, short and/or winged neck, cubitus valgus, anterior open bite, reduction of the length of pre-molar roots, among others. The present article is about a clinical case of a patient with Turner's Syndrome, examined at the Applied Stomatology lecture, at Universidade Federal do Paraná, and the implications of this syndrome on bucal health and also the importance of an adjusted prophylactic treatment. Key words: Dentistry; Turner's Svndrome.