特发性吸收并不少见,它是在一个或多个牙体健康的牙齿上出现的原因不明的牙体吸收。一个多世纪以来人们已认识到特发性吸收的现象。许多学者对此进行过观察研究。Tomes,Fothergitt及Mummery等是描写这个疾病的最早观察者,一些人应用过“粉红齿”,“牙髓的慢性穿破性增生”(Chronic Perforating hyperplasia)、“牙齿内部肉芽肿”,“破牙细胞瘤”、“自 Idiopathic absorption is not uncommon because it causes unexplained tooth absorption that occurs on one or more healthy teeth. For more than a century people have recognized the phenomenon of idiopathic absorption. Many scholars have conducted observation and research. Tomes, Fothergitt and Mummery were among the first observers to describe the disease. Some have used “pink teeth,” “Chronic Perforating hyperplasia,” “internal tooth granulomas,” “broken teeth Cell tumor ”," since