VOLUME 5 , ISSUE 1 ( January-June, 2020 ) > List of Articles
Sandhya Shanmugam, Kuzhanchinathan Manigandan, Angambakkam Rajasekaran PradeepKumar
Citation Information : Shanmugam S, Manigandan K, PradeepKumar AR. Hereditary Disorders of Dentin: Dentinogenesis Imperfecta Type II and Dentin Dysplasia Type II. J Oper Dent Endod 2020; 5 (1):51-55.
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10047-0091
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 28-09-2020
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2020; The Author(s).
Dentin is a mineralized tissue in tooth, produced from odontoblasts, that differentiates from the mesenchymal cells of dental papilla. Hereditary dentin defects are broadly classified into two types, namely, dentinogenesis imperfecta (DGI – type I and II) and dentin dysplasia (DD – type I and II). DGI is an autosomal dominant hereditary disorder, and DD is a rare hereditary disturbance of dentin formation that affects both the primary and the permanent dentition. The purpose of this report was to present a case of DGI–type II and a case of DD–type II to highlight the importance of diagnosing hereditary dentin disorders.