Cheek perforation of dental origin and the effect of anti-inflammatory drug treatment during self-medication. Apropos of a case
Kouame, P.; Souaga, K.; Amantchi, D.
Odonto-Stomatologie Tropicale 22(86): 23-26
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0251-172X PMID: 11372091 Document Number: 499323
Complications of dental caries not treated and mal-treated are frequent in Africa (cellulitis, osteitis, etc...). Patients consult late due to effective automedication with anti-inflammatory agents but the continuing pathological process leading to fistulae, perforation and persistent pain are finally the reasons of consultation. We present a case of a young Ivorian student of 22 years we have received after one year of erratic treatment with a right jaw perforation.