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Preoperative panoramic radiograph (red arrow).
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Intraoral view showing buccal hard swelling (blue arrow).
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Inspection showed a normal looking mucosa (Figure 2).
Retroalveolar radiograph showing radiolucency associated with an endodontically treated first right primary molar (tooth 84).
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Sagittal sections showing a 12 mm diameter well-defined radiolucent lesion surrounding the crown of the unerupted first premolar (# 44) (red arrow).
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Coronal sections showing a well-defined radiolucent lesion surrounding the crown of the unerupted first premolar (# 44) (red arrow).
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Decompression of the cyst and inspection of the right first premolar (tooth 44).
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Removable space maintainer acting as an acrylic obturator used to guide the eruption of the premolar.
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Then, a removable space maintainer acting as an acrylic obturator was designed (Figure 7).
Three-month postoperative radiograph.
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Twelve-month postoperative radiograph showing spontaneous eruption of the tooth 44.
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Intraoral view showing complete eruption of tooth 44 after 12 months follow-up.
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