Author/Authors :
Nogueira de Barros Melo, Maysa Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil , Nunes Pantoja, Lidyane Department of Diagnostics and Therapeutics - Dentistry School - The Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil , Juliana de Abreu de Vasconcellos, Sara Department of Diagnostics and Therapeutics - Dentistry School - The Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil , Almeida Sarmento, Viviane Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil , Sampaio Queiroz, Christiano Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper describes a case of mouth opening limitation, secondary to a facial trauma by cutting-piercing instrument, whose
fragments had not been diagnosed in the immediate posttrauma care. Description of an unusual surgical maneuver and a literature
review are presented.
