KhaledAlkateb
Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag
It is hard to believe that one out of ten of the total dental patients that gets treated in UAE dental clinic are affected by thalassemia. Thalassemia is form of inherited autosomal recessive blood disorders, and could be classified in to thalassemia alpha and beta which is in turn classified in to minor and major. Thalassemia beta major has specific skeletal, facial and oral manifestation which needs specific precautions during dental and orthodontic treatment.