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Malocclusions have been previously described in patients with EB, mainly in case reports, with no cohort studies characterizing dentofacial characteristics across all EB types. This study aims to describe and compare the dentofacial characteristics of patients with EB across all types in a nationally representative cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A cross\u2010sectional study examined 101 patients with genetically confirmed EB diagnosis at a national reference center (2023 and 2024). Occlusal and extraoral characteristics were assessed by calibrated examiners (Cohen's Kappa: Intrarater 0.925, Interrater 0.931), including overjet, Angle's molar class, overbite, midline deviation, posterior transverse relationship, dental anomalies, crowding, facial profile, type, and symmetry. Associations were examined using Fisher's exact test with Cram\u00e9r's\n                      <jats:italic>V<\/jats:italic>\n                      as effect size measure, and Kruskal\u2013Wallis test with epsilon\u2010squared;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      values were adjusted using the Benjamini\u2013Hochberg false discovery rate procedure.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The sample included: EB simplex (EBS,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200926), junctional EB (JEB,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20096), dominant dystrophic EB (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200918), recessive dystrophic EB (RDEB,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200949), and kindler EB (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092). RDEB presented the highest prevalence of posterior transverse anomalies (74.5%, 95% CI 60.5\u201384.7; Cram\u00e9r's\n                      <jats:italic>V<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.504,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      [FDR]\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and altered overbite (Kruskal\u2013Wallis\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.022,\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b5<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.106), with a significant difference compared to EBS (post\u2010hoc adjusted\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.022). All participants with JEB presented dental anomalies (100%, 95% CI 61.0\u2013100.0; Cram\u00e9r's\n                      <jats:italic>V<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.762,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      [FDR]\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). 53.1% of RDEB participants presented three or more dentofacial features coherent with growth restriction.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dentofacial anomalies vary according to the EB type. RDEB showed the highest prevalence of posterior transverse anomalies and altered overbite, and JEB presented universal dental anomalies. These findings support prioritizing and tailoring orthodontic screening by EB type. Future studies should address genotype\u2013phenotype correlations, multicentre designs, and the relationship between dentofacial anomalies and orofacial functional impairments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/cre2.70478","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,6]],"date-time":"2026-10-06T13:09:02Z","timestamp":1791292142000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Dentofacial Characteristics in Patients With Epidermolysis Bullosa\u2014A Cross\u2010Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1893-3007","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebasti\u00e1n","family":"V\u00e9liz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontology, Dental Clinic Sigmund Freud University Vienna Austria"},{"name":"Special Care Dentistry Clinic, Faculty of Dentistry University of Chile Santiago Chile"},{"name":"Medical\u2010Surgical Dentistry Research Group, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, School of Medicine and Dentistry Santiago de Compostela University Santiago de Compostela Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8510-4022","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Susanne","family":"Kr\u00e4mer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Care Dentistry Clinic, Faculty of Dentistry University of Chile Santiago Chile"},{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Medical Faculty and Medical Centre University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-7966-2707","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Colomba","family":"Besa\u2010Witto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Special Care Dentistry Clinic, Faculty of Dentistry University of Chile Santiago Chile"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1483-401X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro","family":"Diz\u2010Dios","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical\u2010Surgical Dentistry Research Group, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, School of Medicine and Dentistry Santiago de Compostela University Santiago de Compostela Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,6]]},"reference":[{"issue":"41","key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","first-page":"248","article-title":"Classification of Malocclusion","author":"Angle E. 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