Chalakkal Paul, De Souza Neil, de Ataide Ida de Noronha, Akkara Francis, Chandran Roshni
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, India.
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, India.
Contemp Clin Dent. 2021 Jan-Mar;12(1):88-93. doi: 10.4103/ccd.ccd_68_20. Epub 2021 Mar 20.
Pediatric dental procedures are carried out largely to prevent the adverse effects of primary teeth infection on succedaneous teeth (ST). The existing literature on how and when periapical infection (PI) from primary teeth affect ST is conflicted. A series of seven case reports on PI (abscesses and radicular cysts) from primary molars, until the eruption of the premolars, have been illustrated. The resistance of ST to PI based on their developmental stages is also discussed.