Tooth-germ sequestration as a sequela of chronic periapical inflammation of the primary predecessor
Goodman-Topper, E.D.; Gazit, D.; Eidelman, E.
Asdc Journal of Dentistry for Children 55(6): 455-458
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 1945-1954 PMID: 3198836 Document Number: 320463
In this case the permanent successor was so radiographically indistinct due to the inflammatory process that this three-year-old Arab boy might have been classified as having congenital absence of the mandibular left first premolar, if the mass had not been sent for histological section. The clinical implications are identical.