Navid Rashid Qureshi, Mansoor ul Aziz.
Unerupted Deciduous Central Incisors.
Med Channel Jan ;7(3):39-40.

Whilst it is common for permanent central incisors not to erupt either because of local or systemic causes, it is rare fore deciduous incisors not to do so. We report a case where a 3 year old child presented with a non-eruption of the maxillary central deciduous incisors.

A 3 years and two months old caucasian boy was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Grimsby General Hospital by his general dental practitioner on 29th June 1995 with missing upper deciduous central incisors ala. His mother was concerned about the missing front teeth as the rest of the teeth were present. Medical history revealed that he was born to a healthy mother through normal delivery. He was mild asthmatic, for which he was on a Becotide inhaler. No previous operations were recorded. There was no history of trauma to his mouth. On clinical examination full deciduous dentition was noted to be present except for the maxillary deciduous central incisors. His gingivae were quite healthy. To confirm the presence of the two deciduous central incisors and to exclude any local abnormality an OPG was done where both ala and 1 I were found to be present within the arch. The rest of the deciduous and permanent dentition were also present. After waiting for a period of approximately 6 months it was decided to carry out a surgical exposure of a1 under general anaesthesia. It was found that the crown of a deflected buccally and the roots of ala were resorbed. It was, therefore, decided to remove them.

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