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Int J Stomatol ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (4): 439-443.doi: 10.7518/gjkq.2021078

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Research status on congenital syphilitic teeth

Meng Shuhuai(),Luo Feng,Pei Xibo,Wan Qianbing()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of ProsthodonticsⅠ, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2021-01-05 Revised:2021-04-02 Online:2021-07-01 Published:2021-06-30
  • Contact: Qianbing Wan E-mail:2323864889@qq.com;champion@scu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(81970984)

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Congenital syphilitic teeth (CST) refers to the invasion of tooth germs by Treponema pallidum from 1 month before birth to 1 year after birth. CST invades the enamel organ and causes enamel development disorder, resulting in the formation of enamel hypoplasia, mainly in permanent incisors, and abnormal enamel structure of the first permanent molar. Given its characteristic clinical manifestations, enamel hypoplasia can easily be confused with other diseases in clinical practice, delaying the oral and systemic treatment of patients. This article systematically introduces the clinical manifestations, pathological changes, and differential diagnosis of CST to guide the early diagnosis and treatment of congenital syphilis and CST.

Key words: congenital syphilitic teeth, enamel structural abnormality, differential diagnosis, treatment

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Congenital syphilis central incisors (left) and canines (right)"

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Bud molars (left) and mulberry molars (right)"

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