Radiographic features of the jaws and teeth in thalassaemia major

Abstract

While thalassaemia major may not be associated with the occurrence of either vascular canals or prominent antegonial notch, spiky-shaped and short roots, taurodonts, attenuated lamina dura, enlarged bone marrow spaces, small maxillary sinuses, absence of inferior alveolar canal and thin cortex of the mandible were found to be reliable diagnostic criteria for thalassaemia major.