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  2. Mulberry molar - Wikipedia

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    Since this particular symptom of congenital syphilis manifests later in childhood with the eruption of the permanent molars, it is a late-stage marker for the disease. Hutchinson's teeth, marked by dwarfed teeth and deformed cusps that are spaced abnormally far apart, are another dental deformity caused by congenital syphilis. Mulberry molars ...

  3. Congenital syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Congenital syphilis is syphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. [4] It may present in the fetus, infant, or later. [1] [5] Clinical features vary and differ between early onset, that is presentation before 2-years of age, and late onset, presentation after age 2 ...

  4. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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    The main dental defects seen in congenital syphilis are the peg-shaped, notched incisors known as Hutchinson's teeth and so-called mulberry molars (also known as Moon or Fournier molars), defective permanent molars with rounded, deformed crowns resembling a mulberry.

  5. Hutchinson's triad - Wikipedia

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    Hutchinson's teeth resulting from congenital syphilis. Hutchinson triad is a triad of signs that may be seen in late congenital syphilis, including: interstitial keratitis, malformed teeth (Hutchinson incisors and mulberry molars), and eighth nerve deafness.

  6. Hutchinson's teeth - Wikipedia

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    Hutchinson's teeth is a sign of congenital syphilis. [1] Affected people have teeth that are smaller and more widely spaced than normal and which have notches on their biting surfaces. [2] It is named for Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, a British surgeon and pathologist, who first described it. [3] Hutchinson's teeth form part of Hutchinson's triad. [2]

  7. Enamel hypoplasia - Wikipedia

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    Irreversible enamel defects caused by an untreated celiac disease. They may be the only clue to its diagnosis, even in absence of gastrointestinal symptoms, but are often confused with fluorosis, tetracycline discoloration, or other causes. [10] [11] [12] The National Institutes of Health include a dental exam in the diagnostic protocol of ...

  8. Pitting enamel hypoplasia - Wikipedia

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    The most striking example of this is in Paranthropus robustus, with half of all primary molars, and a quarter of permanent molars, displaying PEH defects, thought to be caused by a specific genetic condition, amelogenesis imperfecta. [1] Pitting enamel hypoplasia, in an individual with amelogenesis imperfecta.

  9. History of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    The history of syphilis has been well studied, but the exact origin of the disease remains unknown. [3] It appears to have originated in both Africa and America. [4] [5] As such, there are two primary hypotheses: one proposes that syphilis was carried to Europe from the Americas by the crew(s) of Christopher Columbus as a byproduct of the Columbian exchange, while the other proposes that ...