Hurler syndrome is a disturbance of mucopolysaccharide metabolism exhibiting a variety of classic clinical features. This disease is the prototype and the most common component of mucopolysaccharidosis. We are reporting in this paper on a 4-year and 8...
Hurler syndrome is a disturbance of mucopolysaccharide metabolism exhibiting a variety of classic clinical features. This disease is the prototype and the most common component of mucopolysaccharidosis. We are reporting in this paper on a 4-year and 8-month old boy with Hurler syndrome. The dental findings are as follows;
1. Large head, prominent forehead, broad saddle nose and wide nostrils, hypertelolism, puffy eyelids, short neck, wheezing sound at breathing, flexion contractures, claw hands, mental retardation, dwarfism were observed.
2. Anterior openbite (enlarged tongue), spacing in lower anterior region, mouthbreathing, thick lips, shortening and broadening of the mandible were observed and the shape of the teeth are normal
3. Abnormal tooth size, delayed eruption and gingival hyperplasia were not observed.