Intra-oral traumatic implantation: a case report

Bankole, O.O.; Fasola, A.O.; Denloyel, O.O.

West African Journal of Medicine 24(1): 75-76

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 0189-160X
PMID: 15909717
Document Number: 590999
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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