Misdiagnosed Tooth Aspiration in a Young Handicapped Boy: Case Report and Recommendations

Joint Authors

Canceill, Thibault
Esclassan, Rémi
Marty, Mathieu
Valera, Marie-Cécile
Trzaskawka-Moulis, Estelle
Noirrit-Esclassan, Emmanuelle

Source

Case Reports in Dentistry

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-10-23

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Dental

Abstract EN

Tooth inhalation remains a rare incident but it may occur during dental care, especially in children.

We report here the case of a four-year-old boy with Down syndrome who came to the hospital after a dental trauma.

During the extraction procedure, he aspired his maxillary incisor without presenting any signs of respiratory distress and was discharged by the surgical team, who thought that he had swallowed the tooth.

Three weeks later, he was admitted to the emergency service because of a pulmonary infection.

Two endoscopy interventions under general anesthesia were necessary to recover the foreign body inside the left lung.

Because of the multiple symptoms associated with the trisomy 21 syndrome (general hypotonia, impaired immunity, etc.), practitioners should be very mindful of aspiration risks and complications during dental care.

The systematic prescription of lung radiography would prevent the onset of pulmonary infections and enable an earlier intervention.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Canceill, Thibault& Esclassan, Rémi& Marty, Mathieu& Valera, Marie-Cécile& Trzaskawka-Moulis, Estelle& Noirrit-Esclassan, Emmanuelle. 2019. Misdiagnosed Tooth Aspiration in a Young Handicapped Boy: Case Report and Recommendations. Case Reports in Dentistry،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135449

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Canceill, Thibault…[et al.]. Misdiagnosed Tooth Aspiration in a Young Handicapped Boy: Case Report and Recommendations. Case Reports in Dentistry No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Canceill, Thibault& Esclassan, Rémi& Marty, Mathieu& Valera, Marie-Cécile& Trzaskawka-Moulis, Estelle& Noirrit-Esclassan, Emmanuelle. Misdiagnosed Tooth Aspiration in a Young Handicapped Boy: Case Report and Recommendations. Case Reports in Dentistry. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1135449

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1135449