Open AccessUnrevealed caries in unerupted teeth: A prevalence study
Author(s) -
Sapna Konde,
C S Sri Darshini,
Manisha Agarwal,
Preetha Peethambar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_291_18
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , premolar , coronal plane , orthodontics , permanent teeth , radiography , crown (dentistry) , etiology , molar , surgery , anatomy , psychiatry
Preeruptive caries are an abnormal, well-circumscribed, radiolucent area, occurring within the coronal dentinal tissue close to the dentinoenamel junction of unerupted teeth. OPGs are commonly taken in children for assessing the dental age and eruption sequence. It can be used as a good diagnostic source for detection of PEIR defects.