S Matsuda1, T Memida1, N Mizuno1, I Ogawa2, K Ouhara1, M Kajiya1, T Fujita1, E Sugiyama3, H Kurihara1,2. 1. Department of Periodontal Medicine, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. 2. Center of Oral Clinical Examination, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. 3. Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Abstract
AIM: To report a case of reparative bone-like tissue formation in the tooth of a patient with systemic sclerosis. SUMMARY: A 58-year-old Japanese female patient with systemic sclerosis was referred because of tooth fracture. Cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) revealed multiple root resorption and the unclear transition from alveolar bone to root profile. A sample from a fractured tooth was analysed histologically. Haematoxylin and eosin-stained sections revealed the irregular replacement of pulp and dentine by bone-like tissue. Calcinosis was noted in various parts of the body and a histological analysis identified it as dystrophic calcification on sclerosed fibrous connective tissue. Bite force and the occlusal area were markedly weaker than the means for female of the same age. KEY LEARNING POINTS: CBCT may be more useful than dental radiography for diagnosing multiple root resorption in systemic sclerosis patients. When systemic sclerosis patients have calcinosis, their root status must be examined carefully. When root resorption is present in systemic sclerosis patients, reparative bone-like tissue formation in teeth needs to be taken into account prior to the initiation of dental treatment.
AIM: To report a case of reparative bone-like tissue formation in the tooth of a patient with systemic sclerosis. SUMMARY: A 58-year-old Japanese female patient with systemic sclerosis was referred because of tooth fracture. Cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) revealed multiple root resorption and the unclear transition from alveolar bone to root profile. A sample from a fractured tooth was analysed histologically. Haematoxylin and eosin-stained sections revealed the irregular replacement of pulp and dentine by bone-like tissue. Calcinosis was noted in various parts of the body and a histological analysis identified it as dystrophic calcification on sclerosed fibrous connective tissue. Bite force and the occlusal area were markedly weaker than the means for female of the same age. KEY LEARNING POINTS: CBCT may be more useful than dental radiography for diagnosing multiple root resorption in systemic sclerosispatients. When systemic sclerosispatients have calcinosis, their root status must be examined carefully. When root resorption is present in systemic sclerosispatients, reparative bone-like tissue formation in teeth needs to be taken into account prior to the initiation of dental treatment.