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Preoperative picture showing grossly decayed mandibular left primary second molar.
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Intraoral examination revealed grossly decayed left mandibular primary second molar with buccal cortical plate expansion (Figure 1).
Orthopantomograph showing mandibular left primary second molar associated with periapical radiolucency.
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Orthopantomograph revealed a single well-defined periapical radiolucency measuring about 1.5 x 2 cm in size involving tooth bud of 35 which was in Nolla's stage 4 (two thirds crown completed) (Figure 2).