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Cone-beam computed tomography-based investigation of pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption prevalence

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This retrospective study aimed to investigate the prevalence of pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption (PEIR) using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and to explore the mechanism and characteristics of PEIR development. CBCT images of patients aged ≤ 20 years with unerupted teeth at Hiroshima University Hospital were collected. We examined 1530 patients with 10,576 unerupted teeth. Teeth with PEIR were identified for the detailed location and size of the PEIR in the crown using multiplanar reconstruction. The subject and tooth prevalence rates of PEIR were 1.96% and 0.31%, respectively. The teeth that were the most commonly affected by PEIR were mandibular third molars (3.09%). The prevalence of PEIR was significantly higher in females than in males, and higher in the mandible than in the maxilla. No significant difference between in the position of PEIR within the crown was observed. Moreover, CBCT imaging revealed the onset of PEIR in one case. This study demonstrated the prevalence of PEIR and identified statistically significant sex- and location-based differences. Furthermore, one case of CBCT imaging supports the hypothesis that the onset of PEIR was due to resorption after completion of the crown.

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The CBCT images that support the findings of this study are not openly available due to reasons of privacy and are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the radiological technologists for obtaining the CBCT images and Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan

    Kiichi Shimabukuro, Masaru Konishi, Yoshikazu Suei & Naoya Kakimoto

  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Toshikazu Nagasaki, Masahiko Ohtsuka, Takashi Nakamoto & Naoya Kakimoto

  3. Department of Oral Biomedical Sciences, Division of Oral Diagnosis, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

    Pongsapak Wongratwanich

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KS: conceptualization, investigation, writing—original draft. MK: validation, data curation, writing—original draft. PW: formal analysis, writing—original draft. TN: Writing—review & editing. MO: Writing—review & editing. YS: Writing—review & editing. TN: Writing—review & editing. NK: Writing—review & editing, Supervision.

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The study was approved by the Hiroshima University Ethics Committee (registration E2022-0258) and was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from the local institutional ethics committee using an opt-out approach.

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Shimabukuro, K., Konishi, M., Wongratwanich, P. et al. Cone-beam computed tomography-based investigation of pre-eruptive intracoronal resorption prevalence. Odontology 112, 256–263 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10266-023-00824-x

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