Hypophosphatasia: diagnosis and clinical signs – a dental surgeon perspective

When I was born in 1968, my parents assumed everything was fine. They took me home and being her 1st child, my mom thought everything…

In the spring of 2020, I was officially diagnosed with Hypophosphatasia through genetic testing. In retrospect, the signs and symptoms have been evident since my…

We are all told to stay away from “Dr. Google”; however, in the case of our son’s diagnosis of Hypophosphatasia (HPP), we were glad that…

On December 21, 2011 our daughter Clara B. was born; at the time we believed she was a beautiful healthy baby girl. Little did we…

When I found out I was pregnant, the thought of my innocent little baby having an ultra-rare disease never crossed my mind. I was asking myself questions like “Is it going to be a boy or a girl?”, “Am I going to be a good mother?”, “What am I going to name him/her?”. Then during …