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  2. Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia - Wikipedia

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    The restricted growth and expansion of the lungs caused by this disorder results in life-threatening breathing difficulties; occurring in 1 in every 100,000-130,000 live births in the United States. [1] [3] People who are affected with this disorder live short lives either only into infancy or early childhood. [2]

  3. Dent's disease - Wikipedia

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    Dent's disease (or Dent disease) is a rare X-linked recessive inherited condition that affects the proximal renal tubules [1] of the kidney. It is one cause of Fanconi syndrome , and is characterized by tubular proteinuria , excess calcium in the urine , formation of calcium kidney stones , nephrocalcinosis , and chronic kidney failure .

  4. Hajdu–Cheney syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Hajdu–Cheney syndrome, also called acroosteolysis with osteoporosis and changes in skull and mandible, arthrodentoosteodysplasia and Cheney syndrome, [1] is an extremely rare autosomal dominant congenital disorder [2] [3] of the connective tissue characterized by severe and excessive bone resorption leading to osteoporosis and a wide range of other possible symptoms.

  5. Fibrous joint - Wikipedia

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    If the syndesmosis is torn apart as result of bone fracture, surgeons will sometimes fix the relevant bones together with a syndesmotic screw, temporarily replacing the syndesmosis, or with a tightrope fixation, which is called syndesmosis procedure. [9] [10] The screw inhibits normal movement of the bones and, thereby, the corresponding joint ...

  6. Dental alveolus - Wikipedia

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    Alveolar process of maxilla, seen from below. Dental alveoli (singular alveolus) are sockets in the jaws in which the roots of teeth are held in the alveolar process with the periodontal ligament. The lay term for dental alveoli is tooth sockets. A joint that connects the roots of the teeth and the alveolus is called a gomphosis (plural ...

  7. Tricho–dento–osseous syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tricho–dento–osseous syndrome (TDO) is a rare, systemic, autosomal dominant genetic disorder that causes defects in hair, teeth, and bones respectively. This disease is present at birth. TDO has been shown to occur in areas of close geographic proximity and within families; most recent documented cases are in Virginia, Tennessee, and North ...

  8. Periodontal fiber - Wikipedia

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    Cigarette smokers are more likely to experience destruction of the alveolar bone and periodontal ligament and are at a higher risk of developing periodontal disease. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Nicotine and lipopolysaccharides synergistically induce the production of nitric oxide (NO) and PGE2, and increase inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and COX-2 ...

  9. Tooth ankylosis - Wikipedia

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    Early diagnosis allows the practitioner to plan for future complications. curving of the pinkie finger, one of the symptoms observed in tooth ankylosis. The signs and symptoms for patients can be varied mainly depending on the growing state of teeth (permanent or deciduous). Other factors, such as age, sex, site of infection may also lead to ...