Hypodontia – Genetic or Environmental? -A Case Report of Monozygotic Twins

F. Delfin Lovelina; Anitha; Sudha Jimson

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Hypodontia – Genetic or Environmental? -A Case Report of Monozygotic Twins

Volume 8, (october Spl Edition)

F. Delfin Lovelina¹, Anitha², Sudha Jimson²

¹Department of Public Health Dentistry, Tagore Dental College and Hospital, Chennai. ²Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Chennai.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bpj/659

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ABSTRACT:

In the present report, a case of 19 year-old monozygotic twin sisters with variable expression of hypodontia is presented. One of the twins had agenesis of mandibular lateral incisor. The occurrence of dissimilarity in the tooth agenesis in the monozygotic twins may suggest the influence of epigenetic factors in their etiology. DNA fingerprinting was used to confirm monozygosity.

KEYWORDS:

Epigenetics; Hypodontia; Missing; mandibular; lateral; incisors; Monozygotic twins