Micrognathism

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: Micrognathia, mandibular hypoplasia

Micrognathism is a condition where the jaw is undersized.

It is common in infants, but is usually self-corrected during growth, due to the jaws increasing in size.

It may be a cause of abnormal tooth alignment and in severe cases can cause hamper feeding.

• 49,XXXXX syndrome

• Atkin-Flaitz-Patil syndrome

• Bowen-Conradi syndrome

• Camptomelic dysplasia

• Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome

• Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome

• Catel-Manzke syndrome

• Cerebrocostomandibular syndrome

• Cerebrohepatorenal syndrome

• CHARGE syndrome

• Chromosome 18 trisomy syndrome

• Chromosome 8 recombinant syndrome

• Chromosome 8 trisomy syndrome

• CODAS (cerebral, ocular, dental, auricular, skeletal) syndrome

• Coffin-Lowry syndrome

• Cohen syndrome

• Cornelia de Lange syndrome

• Craniomandibular dermatodysostosis

• Cri du chat syndrome 5p−

• De la Chapelle dysplasia

• Diamond-Blackfan anemia

• DiGeorge’s syndrome

• Dubowitz syndrome

• Femoral hypoplasia – unusual facies syndrome

• Fetal akinesia-hypokinesia sequence

• Fetal aminopterin-like syndrome

• Hurst’s microtia-absent patellae-micrognathia syndrome

• Juvenile chronic arthritis

• Kyphomelic dysplasia

• Lathosterolosis

• Lethal congenital contracture syndrome

• Lethal restrictive dermopathy

• Loeys-Dietz syndrome

• Lujan-Fryns syndrome

• Marden-Walker syndrome

• Marfan’s syndrome

• Micrognathia with peromelia

• Miller-Dieker syndrome

• Nager acrofacial dysostosis

• Noonan’s syndrome

• Opitz-Frias syndrome

• Orofaciodigital syndrome type 4

• Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2

• Pallister-Hall syndrome

• Pierre Robin syndrome

• Postaxial acrofacial dysostosis syndrome

• Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

• Schwartz-Jampel-Aberfeld syndrome

• Scott craniodigital syndrome

• Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

• Syphilis, congenital

• Ter Haar syndrome

• Toriello-Carey syndrome

• Treacher Collins-Franceschetti syndrome

• Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1

• Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 3

• Turner’s syndrome

• Van Bogaert-Hozay syndrome

• Wagner vitreoretinal degeneration syndrome

• Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome

• Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

• Yunis-Varon syndrome

Its causes also include , , Hallerman-Streiff syndrome, Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, X0 syndrome (Turner syndrome), Progeria, Treacher Collins syndrome, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, Russell-Silver syndrome, Seckel syndrome, Cri du chat syndrome and Marfan syndrome.

It can be detected by dental or skull X-Ray testing.

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