Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2

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Also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 caused by mutation in MFN2Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2ACharcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2A2Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2A2ACMT2A2CMT2A2Ahereditary motor and sensory neuropathy IIA2HMSN IIA2HMSN2A2MFN2 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2

Summary

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2 (MONDO:0012231) is a disease caused by MFN2 (GenCC Strong), with 3 cohort genes and 1 clinical trial.

At a glance

  • Prevalence: Unknown (Worldwide)
  • Causal gene: MFN2 (GenCC Strong)
  • Cohort genes: 3
  • ClinVar variants: 127
  • Phenotypes (HPO): 45
  • Clinical trials: 1

Clinical features

Signs & symptoms

Clinical features (HPO)

45 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 45 by frequency):

HPO IDTermFrequency
HP:0001760Abnormal foot morphologyVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003390Sensory axonal neuropathyVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003438Absent Achilles reflexVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003444EMG: chronic denervation signsVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0003474Somatic sensory dysfunctionVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0009027Foot dorsiflexor weaknessVery frequent (80-99%)
HP:0001155Abnormality of the handFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001761Pes cavusFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002359Frequent fallsFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002378Hand tremorFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002495Impaired vibratory sensationFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002522Areflexia of lower limbsFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002601Paresis of extensor muscles of the big toeFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0002936Distal sensory impairmentFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0003394Muscle spasmFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0003551Difficulty climbing stairsFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0006460Increased laxity of anklesFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0007010Poor fine motor coordinationFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0007328Impaired pain sensationFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0009046Difficulty runningFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0009053Distal lower limb muscle weaknessFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0010829Impaired temperature sensitionFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0025238Foot painFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0030237Hand muscle weaknessFrequent (30-79%)
HP:0001371Flexion contractureOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001605Vocal cord paralysisOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001609Hoarse voiceOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0001618DysphoniaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0002143Abnormality of the spinal cordOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0002174Postural tremorOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0003376Steppage gaitOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0003401ParesthesiaOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0003487Babinski signOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0003731Quadriceps muscle weaknessOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0006844Absent patellar reflexesOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0006915Inability to walk by childhood/adolescenceOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0008944Distal lower limb amyotrophyOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0012452Restless legsOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0012513Upper limb painOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0031108Triceps weaknessOccasional (5-29%)
HP:0000238HydrocephalusVery rare (<1-4%)
HP:0000407Sensorineural hearing impairmentVery rare (<1-4%)
HP:0000648Optic atrophyVery rare (<1-4%)
HP:0000662NyctalopiaVery rare (<1-4%)
HP:0002650ScoliosisVery rare (<1-4%)

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical nameCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2
Mondo IDMONDO:0012231
MeSHC563757
OMIM609260
Orphanet99947
DOIDDOID:0110155
ICD-111274363794
NCITC150646
SNOMED CT764850002
UMLSC4721887
MedGen1648317
GARD0016925
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 caused by mutation in MFN2 · Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2A · Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2A2 · Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2A2A · CMT2A2 · CMT2A2A · hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy IIA2 · HMSN IIA2 · HMSN2A2 · MFN2 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2

Data availability: 127 ClinVar variants · 2 GenCC gene-disease records · 16 cell lines.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › nervous system disorderperipheral nervous system disorderperipheral neuropathyhereditary peripheral neuropathyCharcot-Marie-Tooth diseaseCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2

Related subtypes (37): Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A1, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2D, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B1, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B2, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2C, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2F, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2I, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2H, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2J, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2K, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2L, giant axonal neuropathy 2, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2N, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2O, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2P, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Q, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2R, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2S, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2U, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2V, autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2W, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2X, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2Y, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2CC, autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2M, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B5, autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 due to KIF5A mutation, autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 due to TFG mutation, autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2K, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2EE, autosomal dominant charcot-marie-tooth disease type 2 due to DGAT2 mutation, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2T, MME-related autosomal dominant Charcot Marie Tooth disease type 2, Charcot-Marie-tooth disease, axonal, type 2DD

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

127 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

35 uncertain significance, 27 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 21 pathogenic/likely pathogenic, 20 likely pathogenic, 18 pathogenic, 5 benign/likely benign, 1 not provided

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
545677NM_000701.8(ATP1A1):c.143T>G (p.Leu48Arg)ATP1A1Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
545678NM_000701.8(ATP1A1):c.1798C>G (p.Pro600Ala)ATP1A1Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
545680NM_000701.8(ATP1A1):c.1775T>C (p.Ile592Thr)ATP1A1Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
39565NM_018706.7(DHTKD1):c.1228C>T (p.Arg410Ter)DHTKD1Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1193107NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.382C>T (p.His128Tyr)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
155730NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.775C>T (p.Arg259Cys)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
202171NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.746C>T (p.Ser249Phe)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
214652NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.314C>T (p.Thr105Met)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
217161NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1126A>G (p.Met376Val)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
217162NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2256C>A (p.Tyr752Ter)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
217163NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.436C>T (p.Leu146Phe)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
217164NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.494A>G (p.His165Arg)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2268NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.281G>A (p.Arg94Gln)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2269NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2219G>C (p.Trp740Ser)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2270NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.227T>C (p.Leu76Pro)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2271NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.839G>A (p.Arg280His)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2272NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.751C>G (p.Pro251Ala)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
2273NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.205G>T (p.Val69Phe)MFN2Pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
2274NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1071G>C (p.Lys357Asn)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2275NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.493C>G (p.His165Asp)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
2276NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.280C>T (p.Arg94Trp)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2278NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1090C>T (p.Arg364Trp)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2280NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.2119C>T (p.Arg707Trp)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2281NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.310C>T (p.Arg104Trp)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
243057NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.730G>T (p.Val244Leu)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
243066NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.730G>A (p.Val244Met)MFN2Pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
2431040NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.705G>T (p.Gln235His)MFN2Pathogenicno assertion criteria provided
245944NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1091G>A (p.Arg364Gln)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
30738NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.1085C>T (p.Thr362Met)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
476772NM_014874.4(MFN2):c.326A>G (p.Lys109Arg)MFN2Pathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 11 · Orphanet: 9 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

GenCC gene–disease validity (cohort genes)

the Disease column is the GenCC-asserted condition — a cohort gene’s strongest validity may be for a related predisposition syndrome.

GeneClassificationInheritanceDiseaseRecords
MFN2DefinitiveAutosomal recessiveCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, autosomal recessive, type 2a2b;11

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
MFN2Orphanet:2398Multiple symmetric lipomatosis
MFN2Orphanet:64751Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 5
MFN2Orphanet:90118Severe early-onset axonal neuropathy due to MFN2 deficiency
MFN2Orphanet:90120Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 6
MFN2Orphanet:99947Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2
DHTKD1Orphanet:329258Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2Q
DHTKD1Orphanet:791542-aminoadipic 2-oxoadipic aciduria
ATP1A1Orphanet:521414Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2DD
ATP1A1Orphanet:564178Primary hypomagnesemia-refractory seizures-intellectual disability syndrome

Cohort genes → proteins

3 cohort genes, 3 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence3

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
MFN2HGNC:16877ENSG00000116688O95140Mitofusin-2gencc,clinvar
DHTKD1HGNC:23537ENSG00000181192Q96HY72-oxoadipate dehydrogenase complex component E1clinvar
ATP1A1HGNC:799ENSG00000163399P05023Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit alpha-1clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
MFN2Mitofusin-2Mitochondrial outer membrane GTPase that mediates mitochondrial clustering and fusion.
DHTKD12-oxoadipate dehydrogenase complex component E12-oxoadipate dehydrogenase (E1a) component of the 2-oxoadipate dehydrogenase complex (OADHC).
ATP1A1Sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit alpha-1This is the catalytic component of the active enzyme, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP coupled with the exchange of sodium and potassium ions across the plasma membrane.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 1 · Difficult: 1 · Unknown: 1 · Druggable fraction: 0.33

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Enzyme (other)14.0×0.482
Transcription factor12.8×0.482
Other/Unknown10.6×0.914

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
MFN2Other/UnknownnoFzo/mitofusin_HR2, Mitofusin_fam, P-loop_NTPase
DHTKD1Enzyme (other)yes1.2.1.105DH_E1, Transketolase-like_Pyr-bd, 2oxoglutarate_DH_E1
ATP1A1Transcription factorno7.2.2.3P_typ_ATPase, ATPase_P-typ_cation-transptr_N, P-type_ATPase_IIC

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

3 cohort genes are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)3
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
apex of heart1
cardiac ventricle1
heart left ventricle1
liver1
right lobe of liver1
secondary oocyte1
left lobe of thyroid gland1
renal medulla1
right lobe of thyroid gland1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
MFN2297ubiquitousmarkerapex of heart, heart left ventricle, cardiac ventricle
DHTKD1270ubiquitousmarkerliver, right lobe of liver, secondary oocyte
ATP1A1305ubiquitousmarkerrenal medulla, right lobe of thyroid gland, left lobe of thyroid gland

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
MFN23,853
ATP1A13,520
DHTKD12,099

Structural data

PDB: 3 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
ATP1A1P0502313
DHTKD1Q96HY78
MFN2O951403

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 23. Enrichment computed across 3 evidence-associated genes (3 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 3 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
OADH complex synthesizes glutaryl-CoA from 2-OA11268.9×0.014DHTKD1
Miro GTPase Cycle1761.3×0.014MFN2
RHOT2 GTPase cycle1543.8×0.014MFN2
Mitophagy1346.1×0.017MFN2
PINK1-PRKN Mediated Mitophagy1119.0×0.039MFN2
Selective autophagy192.8×0.041MFN2
Ion transport by P-type ATPases169.2×0.042ATP1A1
Ion homeostasis168.0×0.042ATP1A1
Autophagy149.4×0.051MFN2
Macroautophagy138.5×0.052MFN2
Potential therapeutics for SARS138.1×0.052ATP1A1
Cardiac conduction136.2×0.052ATP1A1
Ion channel transport132.0×0.055ATP1A1
Muscle contraction125.7×0.063ATP1A1
Factors involved in megakaryocyte development and platelet production122.1×0.068MFN2
SARS-CoV Infections118.5×0.076ATP1A1
Hemostasis112.0×0.110MFN2
Signaling by Rho GTPases, Miro GTPases and RHOBTB3111.2×0.111MFN2
Viral Infection Pathways110.3×0.114ATP1A1
Transport of small molecules18.4×0.127ATP1A1
Infectious disease18.3×0.127ATP1A1
Disease14.4×0.222ATP1A1
Signal Transduction13.4×0.267MFN2

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 3 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
negative regulation of glucocorticoid biosynthetic process15617.3×0.007ATP1A1
positive regulation of striated muscle contraction12808.7×0.007ATP1A1
negative regulation of heart contraction11404.3×0.007ATP1A1
type 2 mitophagy11123.5×0.007MFN2
establishment or maintenance of transmembrane electrochemical gradient1936.2×0.007ATP1A1
mitochondrial membrane organization1802.5×0.007MFN2
response to glycoside1802.5×0.007ATP1A1
positive regulation of heart contraction1702.2×0.007ATP1A1
positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell apoptotic process1702.2×0.007MFN2
mitochondrion localization1561.7×0.007MFN2
membrane repolarization during cardiac muscle cell action potential1561.7×0.007ATP1A1
osmosensory signaling pathway1510.7×0.007ATP1A1
cell communication by electrical coupling involved in cardiac conduction1468.1×0.007ATP1A1
relaxation of cardiac muscle1432.1×0.007ATP1A1
membrane repolarization1432.1×0.007ATP1A1
sodium ion export across plasma membrane1351.1×0.007ATP1A1
cellular response to steroid hormone stimulus1351.1×0.007ATP1A1
regulation of the force of heart contraction1330.4×0.007ATP1A1
intracellular potassium ion homeostasis1330.4×0.007ATP1A1
protein localization to phagophore assembly site1330.4×0.007MFN2
regulation of sodium ion transport1312.1×0.007ATP1A1
mitochondrial fusion1280.9×0.007MFN2
blastocyst formation1255.3×0.007MFN2
intracellular sodium ion homeostasis1255.3×0.007ATP1A1
camera-type eye morphogenesis1255.3×0.007MFN2
cardiac muscle cell action potential involved in contraction1234.1×0.007ATP1A1
negative regulation of Ras protein signal transduction1224.7×0.007MFN2
negative regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation1208.1×0.007MFN2
obsolete protein targeting to mitochondrion1193.7×0.008MFN2
positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation1144.0×0.010MFN2

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 1 · Phase ≥3: 1 · Phased (≥1): 1 · Undrugged: 2

Druggability breadth: 2 of 3 evidence-associated genes (67%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Genes with an approved drug

The molecule shown is one approved compound that hits the gene — not necessarily a drug of choice or one indicated for this disease.

SymbolExample approved molecule
ATP1A1DIGOXIN

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
ATP1A154
MFN200
DHTKD100

Drugs targeting cohort genes (top 30)

MoleculeMax phaseTargets in cohort
DIGOXIN4ATP1A1
OMEPRAZOLE4ATP1A1
DIGITOXIN4ATP1A1
LANSOPRAZOLE4ATP1A1
ROSTAFUROXIN2ATP1A1

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 2.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

SymbolAssaysType breakdown
ATP1A150Binding:50
MFN23Binding:3

Cohort enzymes (BRENDA EC)

SymbolEC numbersNames
DHTKD11.2.1.1052-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase system
ATP1A17.2.2.3P-type Na+ transporter

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 3; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

5 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

CompoundMax phaseCohort target (bioactivity)
DIGOXIN4ATP1A1
OMEPRAZOLE4ATP1A1
DIGITOXIN4ATP1A1
LANSOPRAZOLE4ATP1A1
ROSTAFUROXIN2ATP1A1

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

TierDefinitionGenesSymbols
AApproved (phase 4 drug)1ATP1A1
BPhased (≥1) drug, not yet approved0
CDruggable family + PDB, no drug1DHTKD1
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug0
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug1MFN2

Undrugged target profiles

2 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
MFN23
DHTKD10

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 1.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

PhaseTrials
Not specified1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCTPhaseStatusTitle
NCT05902351Not specifiedRECRUITINGNatural History Study for Charcot Marie Tooth Disease