Intra-oral traumatic implantation: a case report
A case of traumatic implantation of a broken piece of a ball point pen in the pterygomandibular region in a 13-year-old male patient is presented. Removal of the pen shaft was done by blunt dissection and careful manipulation under local anaesthesia. The possible complications of similar cases are e...
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Veröffentlicht in: | West African journal of medicine 2005, Vol.24 (1), p.75-76 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A case of traumatic implantation of a broken piece of a ball point pen in the pterygomandibular region in a 13-year-old male patient is presented. Removal of the pen shaft was done by blunt dissection and careful manipulation under local anaesthesia. The possible complications of similar cases are enumerated. |
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ISSN: | 0189-160X 0189-160X |
DOI: | 10.4314/wajm.v24i1.28169 |