title: Complete tooth extraction: a case report.
abstract: Advanced Trauma and Life Support protocol is used in trauma situations to identify life-threatening injuries, and after those are addressed, it provides a systematic approach to identify minor injuries. A 17-year-old male, who was involved in a motor vehicle accident, was treated for an open toe fracture. He also had an "avulsion injury" to his left hand and was missing a tooth. On follow-up two days later, he was found to have a tooth in his left hand after he presented with cellulitis of a hand wound. He was appropriately treated with foreign body removal, incision and drainage, and antibiotics. This case is not only presented for being unique but also to emphasize the importance of the secondary survey and serial examinations instructed by Advanced Trauma and Life Support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Orthopaedics, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, and Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
authors.forename: Brett D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Crist
authors.forename: Randall L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Lais
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014081:Tooth Extraction