Giray, Celal Bahadır , Saysel, Mustafa Yiğit Hacettepe Üniversitesi - Dis Hekimligi Fakültesi - Agiz, Dis ve Çene Cerrahisi Anabilim Dali, Turkey , Kan, Bahadır Kocaeli Üniversitesi - Dis Hekimligi Fakültesi - Agiz, Dis ve Çene Cerrahisi Anabilim Dali, Turkey , Sezgin, Özde , Güney, Seçil Hacettepe Üniversitesi - Dis Hekimligi Fakültesi - Agiz, Dis ve Çene Cerrahisi Anabilim Dali, Turkey

True diagnosis and treatment of broken glass inoculated into mandible: a case report

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INTRODUCTION: Foreign materials can be inoculated into the body after traumatic injuries. If proper diagnosis methods are not used, their detection may be difficult. In these cases, foreign objects may be left in the body, and malpractice occurs. CASE REPORT: In clinical and radiographical examinations of an 11-year-old patient with a history of traffic accident and persisting pain in the mandible, foreign objects were detected inoculated in the mandible. After the accident, the patient had referred to a health center, received a first intervention there and was discharged from the center; but with the foreign object remaining unnoticed. Due to persisting pain in the mandible, the patient was then referred to our clinic with a diagnosis of mandible fracture. In the related area, radiopaque formations distinguished hardly even by using advanced imaging methods were diagnosed, and surgically removed. CONCLUSION: Surgically-removed foreign materials were car glass. In this case report it has been presented and discussed that foreign materials (i.e. car glass in this case) can be confused with mandible fracture.

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Bone , foreign bodies , mandible , panoramic radiography , tomography , traffic accidents

Acta Odontologica Turcica

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