Contemporary Clinical Dentistry (Jan 2012)

Autogenous bonding of tooth fragment retained in lower lip after trauma

  • Andrea Lips,
  • Luciana Pereira da Silva,
  • Patricia Nivoloni Tannure,
  • João Alfredo Farinhas,
  • Laura Guimarães Primo,
  • Gloria Fernanda Barbosa de Araújo Castro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.107448
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 481 – 483

Abstract

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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.

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