Practice abstract
British Dental Journal 201, 281 - 282 (2006)
Published online: 9 September 2006 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4813972
Loss of a clinical attachment level in a child: differential diagnosis with aggressive periodontitis. Case report
A Sánchez-Pérez1, M J Moya-Villaescusa2, M C Gambín-Manzano3 & L A Bravo-González4
- Describes medial diastema aetiology, and the right time to correct it.
- A foreign body in the periodontal space must be suspected when an unusual clinical attachment level loss occurs in childhood.
Abstract
A nine-year-old boy presented with a serious periodontal lesion caused by a rubber band that had been used to close a medial diastema. Surgery was required to remove it. The impaction of a foreign body in the periodontal space should be suspected when a clinical attachment level is lost during childhood.
- Professors of Periodontics, Clínica Odontológica Universitaria, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Universidad de Murcia, C/ Marqués de los Vélez s/n, 30008 Murcia, Spain
- Professors of Periodontics, Clínica Odontológica Universitaria, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Universidad de Murcia, C/ Marqués de los Vélez s/n, 30008 Murcia, Spain
- Odontologist, C/ Mayor 20-1°C, Puebla de Soto, 30836 Murcia, Spain
- Professor of Orthodontics, Clínica Odontológica Universitaria, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Universidad de Murcia, C/ Marqués de los Vélez s/n, 30008 Murcia, Spain
Correspondence to: A Sánchez-Pérez1 e-mail: arturosa@um.es