[The deciduous tooth. Diagnosis in pedodontics and its problems. The role of histopathology]. / La dent temporaire: le diagnostic en pédodontie et ses difficultés. Apport de l'histopathologie.

Accurate diagnosis of pulpal and periodontal pathology in children is an intricate question, in fact of mixed dentures and physiological and symptomatological dissimilarity between permanent and deciduous teeth. Some figures of most frequently encountered tissue modifications of deciduous teeth are proposed in order to be considered in the way of diagnosis and therapeutics in pedodontics.