Enlarged Pulp Chamber Research Articles

Oral manifestations of cystinosis

Cystinosis is a genetically determined metabolic disorder. It is characterized by the deposition of cystine crystals in several tissues, photophobia, and retardation of growth in addition to the characteristic signs of vitamin D-resistant rickets. Oral findings are variable and may include stomatitis, retarded dental calcification age, delayed eruption of deciduous and permanent teeth, interdental bone loss, bell-shaped roots, enlarged pulp chambers, periapical radiolucencies, and absence of the lamina dura.