Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Osteopetrosis also known as "marble bone disease" is a group of rare genetic disorders caused by osteoclast failure, which ranges widely in severity. An increase in bone mass and density results in severe skeletal malformation and bone marrow supression, which may be fatal. We present here a rare case of osteopetrosis in 13 years old child reported with chief complain of bleeding gums.

Key words: Osteopetrosis, bone disorder.
Received: 26 February, 2019 Revised: 29 March, 2019 Accepted: 30 March, 2019
Corresponding author: Dr Swati Sharma, Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry; RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
This article may be cited as: Sharma S, Shahi AK, Anand A, Chandra S. A Rare Case of Osteopetrosis with Dental manifestation in a Young Child. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(5): 37-39.