fa Previously undescribed pulpal and periodontal ligament calcifications in systemic sclerosis: a case report رادیولوژی دهان، فک و صورت Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology پژوهشي Research Systemic sclerosis (SSc), a multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by widespread fibrosis, vascular alterations, autoimmunity, and inflammation, has effects on the hard and soft tissues of the orofacial region. The most common oral radiographic features correspond to widening of the periodontal ligament space and to mandibular resorption. In this report, cone-beam computerized tomography (CBCT) confirmed not only the well described periodontal features associated with SSc but also revealed previously undescribed calcifications within the periodontal ligament space of most maxillary teeth. Moreover, CBCT showed pulp calcifications in some incisors and premolars with these calcifications leading to root canal obliterations. Such manifestations (which could be linked to different major pathogenic features of SSc such as calcinosis, vasculopathy, and fibrosis) contribute to the phenotypic spectrum of the disease. <hr><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology </p><p> <a href="http://www.oooojournal.net/article/S2212-4403(12)01650-1/abstract" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p> 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-1594&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Sophie Jung 10031947532846007391 10031947532846007391 Yes Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France Maryline Minoux 10031947532846007392 10031947532846007392 No Department of Operative Dentistry, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France , Marie-Cécile Manière 10031947532846007393 10031947532846007393 No Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France Thierry Martin 10031947532846007394 10031947532846007394 No Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology and National Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France Mattieu Schmittbuhl 10031947532846007395 10031947532846007395 No Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France