ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to report the clinical case an 8-year-old male patient seen at Pediatric Dentistry outpatient clinic Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil, diagnosed with molar-incisor hypomineralization (MIH) after presenting pain in teeth 16, 36, and 46, which had extensive atypical cavities opacities on adjacent enamel. A diagnostic wax-up affected performed for manufactu...

Introduction. Molar-incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a developmental defect of dental enamel that affects one to all four first permanent molars (FPM) and frequently incisors. Enamel aberrations are observed as demarcated opacities different colors (from white brown) posteruptive breakdown. Clinically similar pathological signs can also be present in deciduous molars. Case outline. Histology...