Periodontal and alveolar bone abnormalities associated with pachydermoperiostosis.
Articles > Article · 2001
Authors: B G Akdeniz, T Seçkin
Periodontal clinical investigations : official publication of the Northeastern Society of Periodontists, International, 2001, vol 23, pp 5-10
Summary
Pachydermoperiostosis (PDP) is an unusual syndrome manifested clinically by finger clubbing, extremity enlargement, hypertrophic skin changes, and periosteal bone formation. A rare case of pachydermoperiostosis (primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy) with oral manifestations in a 47-year-old man is presented. The possible correlation between physiological mechanisms of this disease and their influence on oral periodontal tissues and alveolar bone is discussed.