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- Title
Autogenous bonding of tooth fragment retained in lower lip after trauma.
- Authors
LIPS, ANDREA; DA SILVA, LUCIANA PEREIRA; TANNURE, PATRICIA NIVOLONI; FARINHAS, JOÃO ALFREDO; PRIMO, LAURA GUIMARÃES; DE ARAÚJO CASTRO, GLORIA FERNANDA BARBOSA
- Abstract
In cases of trauma, dental fragments occasionally penetrate into the soft-tissues and may cause severe complications, if neglected. Clinical and radiographic examinations can provide a diagnosis and help in the surgical removal of any dental fragment embedded in soft-tissue. This case report concerns an 8-year-old boy who was diagnosed with a fragment of a fractured permanent central incisor crown located in the lower lip. The patient was seen initially at a general hospital, where the dental fragment went unnoticed. After 2 days, the patient was seen at the pediatric dentistry clinic, where a fragment embedded in the lower lip, causing a large swelling, was diagnosed. The fragment was removed surgically and bonded to the fractured tooth. A mouth guard was prescribed for sports. The importance of soft-tissue exploration even post-trauma was highlighted in this paper.
- Subjects
TEETH injuries; PEDIATRIC dentistry; MOUTH protectors; BONE fractures in children; SURGICAL complications
- Publication
Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2012, Vol 3, Issue 4, p481
- ISSN
0976-237X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0976-237X.107448