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Karthik Venkataraghavan1, Athimuthu Anantharaj, Praveen Prasanna
1Department of Pedodontics, RV Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India.
Abstract:
Congenital absence of primary teeth is relatively rare. The prevalence, possible etiological factors and management of oligodontia was briefly reviewed. This paper reports a rare case of multiple missing (n=18) primary teeth in a 4-year-old male of Asian origin.
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