title: The dental management of a patient with a cocaine-induced maxillofacial defect: a case report.
abstract: There are several dental complications associated with cocaine abuse, including adverse reactions to dental anesthetics, post-operative bleeding, and cellulitis, which can lead to necrosis of orbital, nasal, and palatal bones. Following is a report of the initial treatment rendered to a patient who had destroyed most of her hard palate over a ten-year period of cocaine abuse. There are no classic socio-economic or educational profiles for abusers of cocaine. Drug abuse victims may present as patients in any dental office. Though there are certain classic physiological and psychological symptoms of their condition, they may not display symptoms at all.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Prosthodontic Program, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center Dental Branch (UTHHSC-DB), USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsoukalas
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Engelmeier
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Delattre
mesh_terms: D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000628:therapy; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D003751:Dental Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D003827:Denture, Complete, Upper; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009065:Mouth Rehabilitation; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000187:drug effects*; D016156:Respiratory Tract Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012390:Root Canal Therapy