title: Common things are common: a case series of oral foreign bodies in paediatric patients.
abstract: Reports of foreign bodies in the oral cavity are few in number. Three cases of children of varying ages, presenting with oral foreign bodies, and their subsequent diagnosis and management, are described. The importance of considering foreign bodies, as part of a differential diagnosis in paediatric patients, where aetiology is uncertain and clinical appearance is unusual, is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham Dental Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gale
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Nabina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhujel
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McKaig
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005881:Gingiva; D005889:Gingival Recession / Q000175:diagnosis; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009262:Nails; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000293:injuries