1DDS, MCA, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Monastir, Avicenna Avenue, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia
2DDS, Dental Resident, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Monastir, Avicenna Avenue, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia
3DDS, PhD, Prosthodontic Department & Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Monastir, Avicenna Avenue, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia
*Corresponding Author: Email: amellabidi16@yahoo.fr
Online published on 14 June, 2017.
Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a genetic disorder that causes defective enamel development in both primary and permanent dentition. Significant tooth structure damage often results in occlusal disharmony affecting the patient's occlusal vertical dimension (OVD).
The purpose of this study was to review the current data in OVD evaluation and its reestablishment during the treatment of amelogenesis imperfecta patients.
Relevant publications on OVD evaluation in amelogenesis imperfecta patients were thoroughly reviewed from the literature published between the years 1994 and 2014: With no restrictions criteria on the language of publications or the types of articles. The search strategy was developed using a combination of controlled vocabulary and the final update was stopped on November 2014.
The exploration of Medline identified, in this systematic review, 20 articles. Only 13 of them were selected after screening. All the studies were case reports describing 14 patients (7 males/7females, age: from 7 to 45 years old) with amelogenesis imperfecta treated with different approaches. While OVD was modified in 13cases, there was a lack of information concerning the OVD evaluation and treatment.
According to this study, it seems important to systematically explore OVD in all AI patients, to preferably evaluate it by cephalometric method and to reestablish it by a prosthetic approach.
