healthcare
Case Report
From Child to Adulthood, a Multidisciplinary Approach of
Multiple Microdontia Associated with Hypodontia: Case
Report Relating a 15 Year-Long Management and Follow-Up
Charlotte Thomas
1,2,3
, Frédéric Vaysse
2,4,5
, Teva Courset
2,3
, Karim Nasr
2,6
, Bruno Courtois
2,3,7
,
Arnaud L’Homme
3,6
, Nicolas Chassaing
5,8
, Alexia Vinel
1,2,3
, Isabelle Bailleul-Forestier
2,4,5
,
Luc Raynaldy
3,5,9,†
and Sara Laurencin-Dalicieux
1,2,3,5,
*
,†
Citation: Thomas, C.; Vaysse, F.;
Courset, T.; Nasr, K.; Courtois, B.;
L’Homme, A.; Chassaing, N.;
Vinel, A.; Bailleul-Forestier, I.;
Raynaldy, L.; et al. From Child to
Adulthood, a Multidisciplinary
Approach of Multiple Microdontia
Associated with Hypodontia: Case
Report Relating a 15 Year-Long
Management and Follow-Up.
Healthcare 2021, 9, 1180. https://
doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091180
Academic Editor: Saturnino
Marco Lupi
Received: 28 July 2021
Accepted: 2 September 2021
Published: 8 September 2021
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1
Periodontology Department, CHU Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France; thomas.ch@chu-toulouse.fr (C.T.);
vinel.a@chu-toulouse.fr (A.V.)
2
Toulouse School of Dental Medicine, Paul Sabatier University, CEDEX 9, 31062 Toulouse, France;
vaysse.f@chu-toulouse.fr (F.V.); tevac@hotmail.fr (T.C.); karnasr@gmail.com (K.N.);
brunocourtois.co@gmail.com (B.C.); isabelle.bailleul-forestier@univ-tlse3.fr (I.B.-F.)
3
Oral Surgery and Rehabilitation Unit (UCOR), CHU Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France;
arnaud-lhomme@hotmail.fr (A.L.); raynaldy.l@chu-toulouse.fr (L.R.)
4
Paediatric Department, CHU Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
5
Competence and Reference Center for Rare Oral Diseases (CCMR O-Rare), CHU Toulouse,
31062 Toulouse, France; chassaing.n@chu-toulouse.fr
6
Biomaterial Department, CHU Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
7
Oral Surgery Department, CHU Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
8
Department of Medical Genetics, CHU Toulouse, 31059 Toulouse, France
9
Prosthodontics Department, CHU Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
* Correspondence: laurencin.s@chu-toulouse.fr; Tel.: +33-5-61-32-20-30 or +33-5-61-77-36-10
† Equal contribution.
Abstract: Oral rehabilitation of patients presenting multiple microdontia is a real therapeutic chal-
lenge. These alterations in size, often associated with other dental anomalies, have aesthetic and
functional repercussions for patients and can lead to significant psycho-social consequences. We
report here the case of an 11-year-old patient with bilateral sectorial microdontia and agenesis of
teeth numbers 13 and 23. She also presented staturo-ponderal delay and a history of acute coronary
syndrome with a lower coronary occlusion of unknown aetiology. At first, additive coronoplasties
and an orthodontically retained interim prosthesis answered the aesthetic and functional need during
childhood and adolescence. Once she reached adulthood, a multidisciplinary meeting was conducted
and a treatment plan was established. The decision was made to rehabilitate the upper arch with
a permanent bridge and the lower arch with indirect adhesive restorations. This solution solved
the problem of the bilateral lateral infraocclusions and tooth agenesis, restoring both aesthetics and
function. This paper presents 15 years of management and treatment of a patient presenting multiple
microdontia associated with hypodontia. Both the multidisciplinary approach and coordination
between the different medical team members was essential to maintain the existing dentition while
preparing, planning, and carrying out a personalized treatment plan once maxillofacial growth was
complete.
Keywords: microdontia; hypodontia; prosthetics; multidisciplinary treatment; oral rehabilitation
1. Introduction
Microdontia is a type of dental anomaly in which teeth are abnormally small. Different
types of microdontia exist. They can affect a single tooth or the entire denture and both
primary and permanent teeth. Other dental anomalies such as hypodontia may also be
associated with microdontia [1]. These alterations in size may be linked to genetic factors
and in particular syndromes such as pituitary dwarfism and Rieger’s syndrome. They can
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