Dental & orthodontic management of thalassemia patient
2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Dental & Oral Health
April 21-23, 2014 Crown Plaza Dubai, UAE

KhaledAlkateb

Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

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.