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Published on: September 11, 2018
Identification and management of foreign body in the primary teeth
Vivek Mehta1, Anupma Raheja2, Rajeev Kumar Singh3
1Pedodontics with Preventive Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia Faculty of Dentistry, New Delhi, India.
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.
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