Abstract
It is said that submerged teeth are located at lower position from a existing occlusal plane. This is a report of a case of a submerged deciduous molar which underwent periodic observation for a long period.
The patient was a 2 year 4 month old male. His chief complaint was eleven missing teeth lost due to clenching. The family history and general condition levealed nothing particular. He had entered the hospital for 3 months due to scalding of body and limbs at 1 year 9 months of age. While he was in the hospital, he had lip and clenching habits due to restraining of the body.
Also, this patient had a submerged upper left first deciduous molar which was impacted under the gingiva after 5 years 4 months from the first visit to our dental hospital. This tooth was extracted because of the disturbance in the eruption of the succeeding tooth and a histo-pathological observation was performed. Hard tissues like alveolar bone attached to the root of the extracted submerged tooth was recognized with H. E. staining.
