Achondroplasia: A Case Report Nedunchezhian Kavitaa1,*, Aswath Nalini2 1Consultant Oral Physician and Maxillofacial Radiologist, Private Practice, Chennai, India 2Professor and Head of Department Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital *Corresponding Author: Dr. Kavitaa Nedunchezhian, M.D.S., Consultant Oral Physician and Maxillofacial Radiologist, Private Practice, Chennai, India, No.7/1, Bajanai Koil Street, Ganapathypuam, East Tambaram, Chennai, e-mail: n_kavitaa@yahoo.com, Phone: +91-9940453864
Online published on 31 March, 2020. Abstract Achondroplasia, most frequent form of dwarfism, is of special interest in the field of dentistry because of its craniofacial characteristics that includes relative macrocephaly, frontal prominence depressed nasal bridge, maxillary hypoplasia and dental malocclusion. The present paper reports a case of 30 years old male achondroplastic patient with review of the literature. Top Keywords Dwarfism, Cartilage, Gene mutation, FGFR3 and orofacial manifestation. Top |