Ectodermal dysplasia with partial anodontia: prosthetic treatment with implant fixed prosthesis.

In cases with severe hypodontia, it is necessary to make a treatment plan in collaboration with different disciplines in dentistry, with the treatment plan formed in such a way that many possibilities for treatment could be used in the future. Partial and full dentures combine simple methods with good esthetic and functional results in the growing individual. They also afford time to assess the patient with regard to more extensive restorative treatment. Patients suffering from severe hypodontia have so far been very dependent on their remaining teeth. The case reported covers a twenty-year period of dental treatment, and shows a new possibility provided by osseointegrated implants.