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Gingival hyperplasia in a child with spinal muscular atrophy type 1
  1. Nidhi Beri1,
  2. Omendra Narayan2,
  3. Vivek Mundada3
  1. 1 Special Need Dentistry, Aster DM Healthcare, Dubai, UAE
  2. 2 American Hospital Dubai, Dubai, UAE
  3. 3 Paediatric Neurology, Aster DM Healthcare, Dubai, UAE
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nidhi Beri; nidhi.beri{at}icloud.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327148

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    A school-aged female child with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 was seen in the dental clinic prior to gene replacement therapy (Onasemnogene abeparvovec). She had seven doses of nusinersen before this. She was intermittently ventilated through tracheostomy using bilevel positive airway pressure and was fed through gastrostomy.

    On examination, she had sustained open mouth with premature contacts of …

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer-reviewed.