Non cavitated dental radiolucent lesions: A challenge for the dental healthcare provider
Pre eruptive intracoronal radiolucencies (PIR) and post eruptive hidden caries (PHC) are non cavitated intracoronal dental lesions that are usually detected only through radiographic observation. As a result, these lesions present numerous challenges for the dental healthcare provider that markedly differs from that of other non cavitated dental lesions (early/incipient/demineralized white spots) Best practice principles should be employed, for example, timely recognition and radiographic surveillance/observation, logical treatment management, along with judicious communication amongst all parties involved (parent/guardian, pediatric dentist and orthodontist) This article attempts to review and discuss the literature of these conditions and present a case report of a patient with PIR.