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The trouble with teething – misdiagnosis and misuse of a topical medicament
Author(s) -
Wilson P. H. R.,
Mason C.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-263x.2002.00356.x
Subject(s) - teething , medicine , pediatrics , tooth eruption , intensive care medicine , dentistry , molar
Summary. For many clinicians and parents ‘teething’ remains a convenient diagnosis to explain all manner of local and systemic upset in the young child. Many therapies are on the market to help alleviate the symptoms of primary tooth eruption. In this article we highlight the problems of ‘teething’ as a diagnosis by presenting a case where an initial misdiagnosis of teething compromised a patient’s life. The same patient then suffered from topical analgesic misuse during the recovery period.