Abstract:
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder
characterized by abnormally shaped red cells. SCD
frequently exhibits multisystemic manifestations including
oral and craniofacial disorders. Craniofacial
features such as maxillary protrusion and more forward
growth of the mandible with significantly retruded
maxillary and mandibular incisors are common. When
a patient with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) needs orthodontic
treatment, it is important for the practitioner
involved to know about the disease and the respective
treatment because of the importance of complete blood
supply after application of intraoral and extraoral forces.
This article describes a sickle cell HbSS patient
with orthodontic problems and how she was successfully
managed at the University of Ghana Dental
School.
