title: Unusual external resorption of a maxillary lateral.
abstract: This article defines an unusual previously unreported entity afflicting a maxillary lateral incisor. Labial idiopathic external root resorption just apical to the cemento-enamel presented as a gingival (periodontal) problem and was misinterpreted as cervical dental caries. This report defines a new possibility for a radicular defect in a maxillary lateral incisor that may cause periodontal problems.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral Diagnosis, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02111.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Giunta
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D011859:Radiography; D017213:Root Caries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology