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Case Reports: Reminder of important clinical lesson
Identification and management of foreign body in the primary teeth
  1. Vivek Mehta1,
  2. Anupma Raheja2 and
  3. Rajeev Kumar Singh3
  1. 1Pedodontics with Preventive Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia Faculty of Dentistry, New Delhi, India
  2. 2Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Rama Dental College and Hospital and Research Centre Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  3. 3Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, King George's Medical University Faculty of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rajeev Kumar Singh; rajkids2000{at}yahoo.co.in

Abstract

Paediatric dentists encounter many emergencies in child patients and entrapment of foreign bodies in teeth is a commonly anticipated complication. It is more frequently seen in children with chronic carious lesions or due to teeth with wide open pulp chambers and pulp canals affected with caries or traumatic dental injuries. Here, we report a case of successful management of foreign body lodgement in the primary teeth of a middle childhood female patient along with a literature review of various foreign bodies identified in the past and some practical recommendations for the prevention of such incidents in the future.

  • Dentistry and oral medicine
  • Mouth
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-254105

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors The following authors were responsible for drafting of the text, sourcing and editing of clinical images, investigation results, drawing original diagrams and algorithms, and critical revision for important intellectual content: VM, AR and RKS. The following authors gave final approval of the manuscript: VM, AR and RKS.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.