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Case Report Thalassemia patients with malocclusion

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Topic: Thalassemia
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Sort Desciption: This case report is to present two cases of young boys with thalassemia, have skeletal class II convex profile, protrusion of the maxilla and mandible, protrusion of the upper incisors and smaller incisor widths. ...

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This case report is to present two cases of young boys with thalassemia, have skeletal class II convex profile, protrusion of the maxilla and mandible, protrusion of the upper incisors and smaller incisor widths. Cephalometric x-ray shows overgrowth of the maxilla bone, with presence of bone voids and hiatuses. The treatment of patients with thalassemia is usually controversy, require good diagnosis, investigations and treatment plan. Keywords: Thalassemia patient, thalassemia, malocclusion, bone abnormality. Dr. Mohamad Azhar Ibrahim Kharsa, PhD (Ortho) Senior Registrar Orthodontist Specialized Dental Center, King Fahad Hospital , Madinah, K. Saudi Arabia Scientist Fellow of American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery. WFO Fellow Email: akharsa@orthomail.com Fax: (+966) 4 8471814 Dr. S. Mohamed Nayaz Mohamed, B.D.S., M.D.S (Ortho), WFO Fellow Specialist in Orthodontist, Specialized Dental Center, King Fahad Hospital , Madinah, K. Saudi Arabia Dr. Moatazbellah Mohammad Al-Ruwaithi, B.D.S Specialized Dental Center, King Fahad Hospital , Madinah, K. Saudi Arabia. 1 2 Introduction T halassemia is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin (Hb) synthesis, so it is an anemia transmits congenitally. Thalassemia varies from asymptomatic forms to severe or even fatal entities. Thalassemia has names as Mediterranean anemia, (Whipple et al) Cooley anemia Thomas Cooley, or thalassemia. The word thalassemia is a Greek term derived from thalassa, which means the sea (referring to the Mediterranean), and emia, which means related to blood. However, as a simplified identification to Thalassemia: Cooleys anaemia or thalassemia or mediterranean anaemia is a blood disease characterised by malformation of the skull and long bones, which ...

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