Autosomal dominant hypophosphatemia (ADH) causes rickets, osteomalacia and taurodontism due to heterozygous mutations in FGF23, which inhibit the inactivation (cleavage) of the encoded protein, the hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23).
Due to the high frequency of taurodontism in individuals with ns-PRS, we suggested that this novel phenotype would be important in the phenotypic screening of ns-PRS and could be considered as a phenotype associated with ns-PRS.
They also show that WNT10B variants are associated not only with oligodontia and isolated tooth agenesis, but also with microdontia, short tooth roots, dental pulp stones, and taurodontism.
The previously described, functional GREM2 mutation (c.226C > G, p.Gln76Glu) was identified in two patients with hypodontia and associated dental anomalies, including taurodontism and microdontia.
All lines of evidence suggest that WNT7A has important role in tooth development and its mutation may lead to tooth agenesis, microdontia, and taurodontism.