Detection of dens invaginatus in a one-year old infant.

The first dental visit is recommended within six months of the eruption of the first primary tooth. The goals of the visit include: family education, history taking directed to preand postnatal factors affecting oral health, appropriate home care (including brushing and fluoride supplements), assessment of feeding habits, and prevention of oral trauma—in essence infant anticipatory guidance. However, clinical examination of oral structures is an integral part of this visit and must not be undervalued or overlooked by the dentist or parent. The following report illustrates the importance of the infant visit and how early intervention resulted in detection of an uncommon pathosis which had the potential of causing an unnecessary loss of a central incisor during infancy.