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Case Reports
. 2025 Jun;17(Suppl 2):S2007-S2009.
doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_566_25. Epub 2025 Jun 18.

Enamel Pearls: A Culprit of Localised Periodontitis

Anuja Nitin Moharir  1 , Malya Akkottillam  2 , Sachin Bhagat  1 , Vaishali Pagare  3 , Anuja Hakkepatil  4 , Hiroj Bagde  5
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Enamel Pearls: A Culprit of Localised Periodontitis

Anuja Nitin Moharir et al. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2025 Jun.

Abstract

A small piece of enamel forms the basic structure of enamel pearls that appear in maxillary molars. Periodontal destruction at its most advanced stage leads to the formation of enamel pearls. A 45-year-old female patient sought treatment at the Department of Periodontics located at DY Patil Dental School Lohegaon due to pain in the lower right back teeth region of her jaw. The patient did not have any noteworthy health problems from her past. Tooth no. #2 displayed caries and #30 presented grade I mobility together with grade III furcation involvement and deep periodontal pocket during the intraoral exam. The patient underwent root canal treatment before receiving #30 flap surgery. Enamel pearls were noticed through the debridement process in the middle and apical segments of the root. Periodontal destruction could have progressed significantly as a result of the enamel pearl discovery reported in this case.

Keywords: Anatomical factors; enamel pearl; hemisection; periodontal disease.

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Figure 1
Flap replication reveals the pearl
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Figure 2
Presence of enamel pearl
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