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Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, the clinical and oral findings and family history of 26 cases with EB were evaluated. The type of EB, gender, age, parental consanguinity, dental caries, oral findings, distribution of lesions and presence of associated anomalies, clinical and oral findings correlated with gender were recorded. Results: All 26 patients with EB had a history of consanguinity and siblings with EB to varying degrees. In our study, malnutrition, anemia and growth retardation, gastrointestinal system complications, hair thinning, hand and nail deformity, ocular problems and renal disease (in one case) were observed with variable frequencies. When the intraoral findings of the patients were investigated, extensive dental caries in all EB types, enamel hypoplasia in junctional EB (JEB) and the presence of tooth-root to be extracted in dystrophic EB (DEB), intraoral bullae and lesions, ankyloglossia, vestibular sulcus insufficiency, microstomia and maxillary atrophy were observed. Three cases had restorative treatment and one case had prosthetic rehabilitation. Conclusions: Oral involvement can be seen with varying frequencies depending on the type of EB and the severity of the disease. It may result from delayed oral and dental rehabilitation due to physical disabilities, limitations and more pressing medical problems. Microstomy, pain from mucosal lesions, and restricted access to the mouth can be caused by poor oral hygiene. Oral complications and caloric needs of individuals with EB should be determined, and individual prophylaxis should be applied to prevent caries formation and protect teeth.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59071185","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,22]],"date-time":"2023-06-22T01:49:32Z","timestamp":1687398572000},"page":"1185","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Evaluation of Clinical and Oral Findings in Patients with Epidermolysis bullosa"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Yasemin","family":"Yavuz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Restoratif Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Harran University, \u015eanl\u0131urfa 63000, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Isa","family":"An","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u015eanl\u0131urfa Training and Research Hospital, \u015eanl\u0131urfa 63000, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Betul","family":"Yazmaci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Harran University, \u015eanl\u0131urfa 63000, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zeki","family":"Akkus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicina, Department of Statistic, Dicle University, Diyarbak\u0131r 21000, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hatice","family":"Ortac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Uludag University, Bursa 16000, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.1186\/1750-1172-5-12","article-title":"Inherited epidermolysis bullosa","volume":"5","author":"Fine","year":"2010","journal-title":"Orphanet J. 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