JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DENTAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Abstract
Neurofibromatosis is a disease which includes 5 types in its classification. It has been firstly
described by Robert Smith in 1849, but its name comes from the first publication in 1882, in which
Von Recklinghausen convinced the scientific and medical world that Neurofibromatosis (NF) was a
distinct entity.
Cafe-au-lait spots, cutaneous neurofibromas and Lisch nodules are the characteristics of the
most common forms. Bilateral acoustic neuromas distinguish the type 2. Type 3, Riccardi type and
intestinal type are briefly described.
Neurofibromatosis type 5 (NF5) is characterized by cafe-au-lait spots restricted to one area of
the body. We report oro-dental phenotype of a patient affected by NF type 5, rare per se and
unreported in literature.
