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Solitary median maxillary central incisor (SMMCI) syndrome

Overview of attention for article published in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, April 2006
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Title
Solitary median maxillary central incisor (SMMCI) syndrome
Published in
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, April 2006
DOI 10.1186/1750-1172-1-12
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Authors

Roger K Hall

Abstract

Solitary median maxillary central incisor syndrome (SMMCI) is a complex disorder consisting of multiple, mainly midline defects of development resulting from unknown factor(s) operating in utero about the 35th-38th day(s) from conception. It is estimated to occur in 1:50,000 live births. Aetiology is uncertain. Missense mutation in the SHH gene (I111F) at 7q36 may be associated with SMMCI. The SMMCI tooth differs from the normal central incisor, in that the crown form is symmetric; it develops and erupts precisely in the midline of the maxillary dental arch in both primary and permanent dentitions. Congenital nasal malformation (choanal atresia, midnasal stenosis or congenital pyriform aperture stenosis) is positively associated with SMMCI. The presence of an SMMCI tooth can predict associated anomalies and in particular the serious anomaly holoprosencephaly. Common congenital anomalies associated with SMMCI are: severe to mild intellectual disability, congenital heart disease, cleft lip and/or palate and less frequently, microcephaly, hypopituitarism, hypotelorism, convergent strabismus, oesophageal and duodenal atresia, cervical hemivertebrae, cervical dermoid, hypothyroidism, scoliosis, absent kidney, micropenis and ambiguous genitalia. Short stature is present in half the children. Diagnosis should be made by eight months of age, but can be made at birth and even prenatally at 18-22 weeks from the routine mid-trimester ultrasound scan. Management depends upon the individual anomalies present. Choanal stenosis requires emergency surgical treatment. Short stature may require growth hormone therapy. SMMCI tooth itself is mainly an aesthetic problem, which is ideally managed by combined orthodontic, prosthodontic and oral surgical treatment; alternatively, it can be left untreated.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 100 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 14%
Student > Postgraduate 10 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 10%
Student > Bachelor 9 9%
Other 9 9%
Other 33 32%
Unknown 18 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 62 60%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 4%
Psychology 4 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 3%
Other 3 3%
Unknown 23 22%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2019.
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#977
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#22,099
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#12
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