Question 239 · LDEK · Developmental disorders of teeth
The obliteration of dental cavities, teeth discolored to amber with opalescence, bell-shaped crowns, short and narrow roots, loss of enamel after tooth eruption reveals soft dentin - these are typical symptoms of:
- A. amelogenesis imperfecta.
- B. Capdepont disease.
- C. enamel hypoplasia of antibiotic origin.
- D. hyperbilirubinemia.
- E. vitamin D-resistant rickets.
Hint
Amber opalescence, bulbous crowns and obliterated pulp chambers point to a hereditary defect of dentine.
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