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

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Periapical radiographs of the PEIR-affected tooth (permanent mandibular left second molar) when the patient was (a) 10 years, 11 months old, (b) 11 years, 5 months old, (c) 15 years, 3 months old, and (d) 17 years, 4 months old. The tooth is in the normal path of eruption, has normal crown formation, and has had continuing root formation since the first radiograph.

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