Thomas, age 9, came in yesterday with what looked like an infected baby tooth. After looking closer, I decided to take an x-ray and was surprised to see that his lower right first PERMANENT molar tooth was infected. There was no apparent explanation for this other than it had developed abnormally.
I hadn't ever seen this before, so I thought it might be interesting to others. Below are his panoramic x-ray and a photo of the deformed, infected tooth removed. Time will tell what will happen on the other side, as the permanent molar tooth there also appears to be developing the same way.
