Open AccessREMOÇÃO DE FRAGMENTO DENTÁRIO DESLOCADO EM CAVIDADE ORAL POR PROJÉTIL DE ARMA DE FOGO: RELATO DE DOIS CASOS
Author(s) -
João Nunes Nogueira Neto,
Ana Luzia Oliveira Boccanera,
Thiago Felippe Oliveira de Macêdo,
Marcelo Victor Omena Caldas Costa,
Joaquim Almeida Dultra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of dentistry and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2596-3368
DOI - 10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v7i2.625
Subject(s) - medicine , oral cavity , gunshot wound , surgery , projectile , computed tomography , foreign bodies , dentistry , materials science , metallurgy
Within the facial trauma field of study, injuries from firearm projectiles are considered the second most common death cause, surpassed only by car accidents. Such injuries can result in comminuted fractures causing great substance loss and making it rather difficult to reconstruct the affected site. Furthermore, tissue fragments, the projectile itself or affected surface can be displaced to other regions in the oral cavity. The imaging exams, like computed tomography, are essential for determining fractures or foreign bodies. Any fragments as well as unviable tissues and teeth should be carefully removed, by conservative debridement and wound repairs. This study aims to report two cases of patients wounded by firearm projectiles in which teeth fragments were displaced to other areas of the oral cavity. They were removed later on in an outpatient clinic.