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Describes medial diastema aetiology, and the right time to correct it.
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A foreign body in the periodontal space must be suspected when an unusual clinical attachment level loss occurs in childhood.
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A nine-year-old boy presented with a serious periodontal lesion caused by a rubber band that had been used to close a medial diastema. Surgery was required to remove it. The impaction of a foreign body in the periodontal space should be suspected when a clinical attachment level is lost during childhood.
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Sánchez-Pérez, A., Moya-Villaescusa, M., Gambín-Manzano, M. et al. Loss of a clinical attachment level in a child: differential diagnosis with aggressive periodontitis. Case report. Br Dent J 201, 281–282 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4813972
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