Question 283 · LDEK · Developmental disorders of teeth
A 14-year-old child has enamel hypoplasia on the labial surface of tooth 11. It covers a small area and the remaining teeth are free from the changes. During an interview it was found that at the age of 4 the child fractured the crown of tooth 51. The fractured tooth had never been treated. A probable diagnosis will be:
- A. enamel hypoplasia caused by a general disease.
- B. fluorosis.
- C. Turner tooth.
- D. amelogenesis imperfecta.
- E. melanodontia.
Hint
A single permanent tooth with a local defect plus a history of untreated injury to its primary predecessor.
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