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Inducing Apical Periodontitis in Mice
Published on: August 6, 2019
[Chronic periapical periodontitis of left maxillary first premolar with localized mineralized structure at periapical
1Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Stomatology, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063000, China.
Abstract:
Chronic periapical periodontitis is characterized by destruction of periapical tissue and demonstrates translucent feature under X-ray examination. In this article, a localized mineralized structure, which showed high density under X-ray examination, was reported in a patient with chronic periapical periodontitis of left maxillary first premolar. Possible causes of the structure were analyzed and relevant literatures were reviewed.