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Calcific bridging of dental pulp caused by iatrogenic hypercalcemia. Report of a case
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|March 1, 1981
Abstract:
A case of renal osteodystrophy treated with high doses of vitamin D is presented. The treatment, carried out when the patient was between 3 1/4 and 6 years of age, induced hypercalcemia (up to 13.9 mg./dl.) which resulted in dentinal bridging corresponding chronologically to the part of the root developing at this age. Dentinal bridging associated with iatrogenic hypercalcemia has not been reported previously.
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