Preeruptive Intracoronal Radiolucencies: Detection and Nine Years Monitoring with a Series of Dental Radiographs

Figure 1

Cropped panoramic radiographs demonstrating a PEIR-affected tooth (permanent mandibular left second molar) when the patient was (a) 8 years, 8 months old, (b) 10 years, 11 months old, (c) 12 years, 5 months old, (d) 13 years, 4 months old, (e) 15 years, 3 months old, and (f) 17 years, 4 months old. There was no obvious progression of PEIR size or changes in the PEIR location noted from this film series.

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