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ID#:

2386

Caption:

This image depicts the dentition of a congenital syphilis patient, who due to this disease, went on to develop what are known as mulberry molars, or Moon's molars, a condition where the bite surface of the permanent, first lower molar teeth, develop rounded surfaces to their cusps, resembling the surface of a mulberry.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Robert Sumpter

Creation Date:

1967

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