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Which of the following teeth is most commonly associated with eruption sequestrum?

A
Permanent second premolar
B
Permanent second molar
C
Permanent first molar
D
Permanent first premolar
High-Yield Explanation
The eruption sequestrum is seen occasionally in children at the time of the eruption of the first permanent molar. Starkey and Shafer have described the sequestrum as a tiny spicule of nonviable bone overlying the crown of an erupting permanent molar just before or immediately after the emergence of the tips of the cusps through the oral mucosa.

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