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Localised periodontitis associated with an ectopic orthodontic separator.

Harrington Z, Darbar U

Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, Eastman Dental Hospital, London, UK.

A case of localised periodontitis associated with a subgingival orthodontic separator is presented. The presence of this object was related to quite severe periodontal breakdown around an upper right first premolar tooth in an otherwise unsusceptible individual.

Published 9 February 2007 in Prim Dent Care, 14(1): 5-6.
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