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CASE REPORT
Subcutaneous emphysema of periorbital region after stainless steel crown preparation in a young child
  1. Vishal Khandelwal1,
  2. Piyush Agrawal2,
  3. Deepak Agrawal3,
  4. Prathibha Anand Nayak4
  1. 1Department of Pedodontics, Modern Dental College and Research Center, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  2. 2Perfect Smile, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  3. 3Department of Oral & Maxillo-facial Surgery, Government College of Dentistry, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  4. 4Department of Periodontics, Mahatma Gandhi Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Prathibha Anand Nayak, drprathibha_an{at}yahoo.co.in

Summary

Subcutaneous emphysema occurs when air is forced beneath the tissue, leading to swelling, crepitus on palpation and has the potential to spread along the fascial planes. This report describes the youngest case of subcutaneous emphysema related to dental treatment that has been documented to date. In addition to the patient's age, the case is of interest because periorbital subcutaneous emphysema is a rarest complication of stainless steel crown procedure.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-009952

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