Intubation and mineralization disturbances in the enamel of primary teeth

Authors

  • JÖRgen G. Norén Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
  • Lotta Ranggård Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
  • Gunilla Klingberg Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
  • Carin Persson Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
  • Krister Nilsson Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/00016359309040577

Keywords:

Denial enamel, dental enamel hypoplasia, laryngoscopy, Odontogenesis, tooth, deciduous

Abstract

This study was undertaken to examine the effects of intubation on the enamel development of primary teeth in children intubated during the first 3 months of life. The teeth of 35 children were examined clinically for signs of defects. Dental enamel defects were seen in 26 (74%) patients; enamel hypoplasia was seen in 15 and enamel hypomineralization in 19 cases. In eight patients both enamel hypoplasia and hypomineralization were found. There was a preponderance of enamel defects in the right maxilla, which supports the hypothesis that an early trauma to mineralizing primary teeth caused by laryngoscope may lead to dental enamel hypoplasia.

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Published

1993-01-01

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 5 (1993): Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Section

Articles