Case of idiopathic loss of deciduous teeth and associated alveolus.
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.
Department of Oral Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, 256 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8LD, UK. sonita.koshal@uclh.nhs.uk
Sonita
S
Koshal
Shahid I
SI
Chaudhry
Adele
A
Johnson
Stephen
S
Porter
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003481:Cuspid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis; D014080:Tooth Exfoliation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020390:Tooth Socket / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery