Question 238 · LDEK · Crowding and dental anomalies
A 10-year-old girl who was found to have odontoma located under unerupted tooth 11 and in the presence of tooth 51 in the oral cavity:
- A. should be referred for a diagnostic X-ray scan in 6 months.
- B. should be urgently referred to a dental surgeon.
- C. should be monitored because these findings are within normal limits.
- D. should urgently undergo extraction of tooth 51.
- E. should use an orthodontic appliance to expand the upper arch.
Hint
Upper central incisors erupt at 7–8 years; decide whether a retained 51 with an odontoma over 11 at age 10 can safely wait.
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