title: Resorption of the lateral maxillary incisor: assessment by CT.
abstract: Computed tomography of the maxillary alveolar arch was performed in three children with delayed eruption of one or both maxillary cuspids. Computed tomography demonstrated close contact between the ectopically localized and nonerupted canine and the lateral incisor. The lesion was unilateral in two patients and bilateral in one. In two patients resorption of the lateral incisor root was demonstrated. Moreover, CT permitted exact determination of the extent of the lesion by differentiating between superficial cementodentine resorption limited to the cementodentine (superficial resorption) and resorption extending into the pulpal canal (pulpal canal involvement).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peene
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lamoral
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wilms
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Bethune
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Opdebeeck
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Termote
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014079:Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*