Unusual nasal foreign body detected by panoramic dental radiography: case report.
This report describes an undetected nasal foreign object in a child discovered in a dental radiograph and the subsequent removal of the object. A metal tack was lodged in the patient's right nostril. The case is presented to inform other dentists of this phenomenon.
Fagan
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University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry.
Mathewson
R J
RJ
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic