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Short communication| Volume 50, ISSUE 5, e78-e80, July 2012

Case of idiopathic loss of deciduous teeth and associated alveolus

Published:October 24, 2011DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2011.09.023

      Abstract

      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.

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