Pierre Robin Sequence- Manifestation and Case Report

A boy with Pierre Robin sequence, an autosomal recessive inherited craniofacial anomaly, defined as suffering from a chronic condition that puts him in the category of children with special needs, received comprehensive dental and orthodontic treatment.The child was diagnosed immediately after birth and suffered from respiratory and feeding problems that required tracheotomy and gastrostomy, and surgical repair of cleft palate. The course of treatments, the complications, and their solutions is described. A multidisciplinary team including pediatric, ENT, general and oral surgeons, speech therapist, pediatric dentist, and orthodontic specialists should be involved in the treatment of PRS children for a relatively better quality of life outcome. Received: Feb 15, 2018 Accepted: May 28, 2018 Published: June 08, 2018 Copyright: © 2018 Zilberman U et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Corresponding author: Uri Zilberman, Head of the Pediatric Dental Unit, Barzilai Medical University Center, Ashkelon, Israel. E-mail: uri-z@bezeqint.net Citation: Mass, E, Segal S, Ariely Y, Zilberman U.Pierre Robin SequenceManifestation and Case Report. Oral Health and Dental Studies. 2018; 1(1):4. Open Access