Case Report

Year : 2021 | Volume : 6 | Issue : 2 | Page : 60-62

Down Syndrome with Ventricular Septal Defect – A Case Report of Surgical Extraction

Shankhanil Dev

Private Practice, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Dr. Shankhanil Dev,

Private Practice, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

E‐mail: dr.shankhanildev@rediffmail.com

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS) is a chromosomal disorder affecting many children across the globe. This disorder often presents cardiac defects such as ventricular septal defect (VSD) and atrial septal defect, which can be a hindrance in providing safe dental treatment in these patients. Effective treatment planning, which includes taking necessary precautions, can help to deliver a comfortable treatment to such patients. This case report is of a pediatric patient of DS along with unrepaired VSD, requiring extraction of a grossly carious nonrestorable posterior tooth.

Keywords: Down syndrome, extraction, ventricular septal defect

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How to cite this article: Dev S. Down syndrome with ventricular septal defect ‐ A case report of surgical extraction. Int J Pedod Rehabil 2021;6:60-2.