Case of idiopathic loss of deciduous teeth and associated alveolus

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 Jul;50(5):e78-80. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2011.09.023. Epub 2011 Oct 22.

Abstract

We describe exfoliation of the lower left deciduous canine and deciduous first molar (CD) and associated alveolus of unknown cause in a 5-year-old healthy boy. Extraction of the teeth and removal of local bone led to healing without complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Cuspid / pathology*
  • Cuspid / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molar / pathology*
  • Molar / surgery
  • Necrosis
  • Tooth Exfoliation / diagnosis*
  • Tooth Socket / pathology*
  • Tooth Socket / surgery
  • Tooth, Deciduous / pathology*
  • Tooth, Deciduous / surgery