Question 375 · LDEK · Developmental disorders of teeth

The presence of extensive fillings in permanent first molars with a shape that does not correspond to the typical location of carious lesions, in the absence of lesions in the incisors and in the absence of hypersensitivity when brushing teeth:

  1. A. may indicate MIH.
  2. B. may be a result of the child taking amoxicillin in the first year of life.
  3. C. may be a result of the mother smoking during pregnancy.
  4. D. the correct answers are A and B.
  5. E. the correct answers are A, B and C.
Hint

Identify the defect behind this clinical picture and recall that its aetiology is multifactorial, spanning pregnancy to early childhood.

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