Open AccessRare foreign bodies in oro-facial regions
Author(s) -
S Mohanavalli,
J Jasline David,
A. Gnanam
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.93462
Subject(s) - foreign bodies , foreign body , medicine , orbit (dynamics) , sinus (botany) , maxillary sinus , accidental , foreign body granuloma , facial trauma , surgery , anatomy , biology , botany , physics , acoustics , engineering , genus , aerospace engineering
Accidental entry of foreign bodies into the oro-facial region could be due to trauma, therapeutic interventions or iatrogenic. Various foreign bodies and locations have been reported, for example, wood in the orbit, impression material in the maxillary sinus, tooth fragments in the orbit. All these cases presented with inflammatory reaction and formation of infected granuloma, pus discharging sinus and serious complications like intra-cranial abscesses. Foreign bodies sometimes migrate within the tissues and become symptomatic after a certain period of time. In these cases, it is very difficult to correlate the direct relation between the suspected foreign bodies with the present clinical symptoms. The removal of foreign bodies is often a surgical challenge due to a combination of difficulty in access and close anatomical relationship to vital structures. To prevent complications, foreign bodies should be diagnosed and removed on time.