What Is Hypophosphatasia?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. What Are the Symptoms of Odontohypophosphatasia?
While other forms of hypophosphatasia can involve loss of teeth, odontohypophosphatasia is when only the teeth are affected and does not include symptoms with the bones as the other forms of hypophosphatasia do. It is exclusively manifested in the form of dental issues, which can range in expression from childhood to adulthood.
In some cases, adults with odontohypophosphatasia will lose their teeth. In others, the disease affects deciduous teeth. Also known as baby teeth, these teeth normally are pushed out when the adult teeth come in. With odontohypophosphatasia, however, the deciduous teeth fall out before their natural timing.
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