Case Report

Combined Treatment with Laser Sintering and Zirconium: A Case Report of Dentinogenesis Imperfecta

Table 1

Classification of osteogenesis imperfecta.

TypeDIClinical severityTypical features

IMild, nondeforming OINormal height or mild short stature; blue sclera
II?Perinatal lethalMultiple rib and long bone fractures at birth; pronounced deformities; broad long bones; low density of skull bones on radiographs; and dark sclera
III+Severely deformingVery short; triangular face; severe scoliosis; and grayish sclera
IV+Moderately deformingModerately short; mild-to-moderate scoliosis; and grayish or white sclera
VModerately deformingMild-to-moderate short stature; dislocation of radial head; mineralized interosseous membrane; hyperplastic callus; and white sclera
VIModerate-to-severe deformingModerately short; scoliosis; accumulation of osteoid in bone tissue, fish-scale pattern of bone lamellation; and white sclera
VIIModerately deformingMild short stature; short humeri and femora; coxavara; and white sclera

Modified from [5, 7]. DI: Dentinogenesis Imperfecta.