Talk:Amelogenesis imperfecta

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Possible typo in the last sentence of "abstract": The teeth have a higher risk for dental cavities and are hypersensitive to temperature changes as well as rapid attrition, excessive calculus deposition, and gingival hyperplasia.[2]

Shouldn't that be 'calcium' deposition?

--Junkmunch (talk) 18:56, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

No. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.15.222.19 (talk) 20:18, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

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I have this. It sucks. I've lost 17 teeth to it, each one went through a root canal, crown, and eventual extraction when the R/C failed or the tooth cracked anyway.

Its amazing the number of dentists i've met who have forgotten about this defect. I know more about it than some of my dentists, actually. I have a General Dentist, an emergency dentist, an endodontist or two, and an oral surgeon with a backup as well. Only one dentist from my teenage years knew what it was, who stated i was a 'textbook case'. maybe that textbook needs to be used more often. Dental insurance is not useful in patients with A.I. because of the immense cost of dental procedures in the USA - Dental insurance is meant for the average person who needs a filling every now and then, not someone who needs implants or dentures at the age of 28 in order to chew solid food.

--Daniel Tate (talk) 06:56, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

my family suffers from Amelogenesis

I have this "AI" disease too. Both my father and first born daughter are afflicted as well. My father had to undergo a gum cutting procedure before his teeth were able to be crowned. This was over 40 years ago. In my case my teeth were all crowned as an adult. I unfortunately have jaw, bite and headache issues due to this. My daughter will be more fortunate I believe because she is young and there is more that can be done to protect her teeth until she is old enough to have a full mouth reconstruction. I do agree with the comment made in regards to the lack of knowledge most Dentists have about "AI". My fathers dentist, who is now retired and in his 70's had the most knowledge on the matter. Only today after seeing on Orthodontist for my daughter did I find out that there is more than one type of Amelogenesis Imperfecta. This has started my wheels turning, as we are our best advocates. If you have this disease, please keep in mind that your lack of enamel my not be the only problem, some people find that because of smaller teeth they have bite issues too. In my case this has led to jaw pain and headaches even after full mouth reconstruction. Rb from Washington. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rebeccabroady12345 (talk • contribs) 23:37, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Genetics

@Arcadian: Please add the references (including proper tags) you used to derive the table you added! I'm not able to find this info, nor any other recent research on this.

In additionit would be great if someone could add the info to [[1]] with specific locations... Jahibadkaret (talk) 12:34, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Phenobarbital use, very rare side effect is amelogenesis imperfecta

Perhaps Phenobarbital use should be mentioned as sometimes resulting in amelogenesis imperfecta being a rare side effect.

124.176.118.187 (talk) 02:30, 25 April 2012 (UTC)