Unusual external resorption of a maxillary lateral.
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.
Giunta
J L
JL
Division of Oral Diagnosis, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02111.
Kaplan
M A
MA
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