Volume 3 Issue 4 (July-August, 2017)

Case Reports

THE DENTAL MANAGEMENT OF PAEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA
Prachi Sijeria, Rahul Bhartia, Trilok Sahu, Ratika Shrivastav, Nanjunda Swamy K.V., Sadanand Kulkarni

With approximately 150 cases reported to date, congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP) is an extremely rare, autosomal recessively inherited condition. In few cases this deficiency leads to deposition of red-brown pigments in the teeth. This case report described the microscopic study of the extracted tooth sample along with preventive, restorative dental management and oral health counseling in a rare case of Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria.
Key words: Erythropoietic porphyria, oral health, pigmentation.

Corresponding author: Dr Prachi Sijeria, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Rishiraj College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre Bhopal, M.P., India

This article may be cited as: Sijeria P, Bhartia R, Sahu T, Shrivastav R, KV Swamy  N, Kulkarni S. The dental management of paediatric patient with congenital erythropoietic porphyria. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2017;3(4):31-34.

 
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