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Mimicking and Measuring Occlusal Erosive Tooth Wear with the "Rub&Roll" and Non-contact Profilometry
Published on: February 2, 2018
Deep caries due to Pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption in a newly erupted primary molar
Yair Schwimmer1, Rephael Zeltser2, Moti Moskovitz1
1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Founded by the Alpha-Omega Fraternity, The Hebrew University- Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Case Report:
This report describes a rare case of a 19-month-old girl with pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption in the lower left first primary molar which had erupted a few weeks earlier and had deep caries. The treatment is described.
Conclusion:
Dentists who treat children must take into consideration the possibility of pre-eruptive lesions in the primary dentition that may cause involvement of the pulp, either before or shortly post-eruption.
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