Sickle-cell disease: a review of oral manifestation and presentation of a case with an uncommon complication of the disease

Ozgur Erdogan; Halil Ibrahim Kisa; Sureeporn Charudilaka

Authors

Ozgur Erdogan Faculty of Dentistry, Rangsit University, Patumthani, Thailand
Halil Ibrahim Kisa Faculty of Dentistry, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Sureeporn Charudilaka Private Practice, Bangkok, Thailand

Keywords:

sickle-cell disease, oral complications, paraesthesia, case report

Abstract

Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is a genetic hematological disease, in which polymerization of abnormal hemoglobin leads to morphologic alteration in erythrocytes. It is characterized with several systemic and local manifestations. An unusual complication of SCD is the mental nerve paraesthesia, which is associated with acute phase of the disease. The aim of this article is to review the general clinical and radiographic findings of the disease and to present a SCD patient with bilateral mental nerve paraesthesia.

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