Rabab A. Al Buainain¹, Tarek Ezzeldin², Hoda Abougareeb³, Faisal Al Sineedi⁴, Basma A. Almaghlouth⁵, Yousef H. Almoumen⁶, Abdullah Faraj Alshammari^7,

Background: Cleidocranial dysplasia is a rare congenital defect of autosomal dominant heritable disease with prevalence of 1 per 1,000000 individuals. It is primarily affects bones which undergo intramembranous ossification [1,2,3,4]. Case presentation: A 9 years old Saudi male with CCD attended Pediatric Dental Clinics in Dammam Medical Complex. Chief complaint was delay eruption of permanent teeth and multiple caries. Based on clinical examination, radiographic investigations including CBCT & with coordination between Pediatric Dentistry, maxillofacial surgery and Orthodontic departments, a treatment plan has been concluded taking into consideration the wellbeing and the oral health related life style of the patient by addressing a new approach to preserve all the primary teeth, surgically removing all supernumerary teeth, applying removal or fixed modified Gropers’ appliance to improve speech, esthetic & function than observing the eruption of the permanent teeth to intervene orthodontically only when needed. Conclusion: Team work involving multi-disciplinary departments helped to select a preeminent & new dental management approach for CCD patients including all aspects needed, Dental rehabilitation, Surgical & Orthodontic treatment to provide better oral health quality of life for the young patient.

cliedocranial dysplasia, dammam approach, oral health, quality of life, dento-surgical management