title: Unusual presentation of caustic ingestion and its surgical treatment: a case report.
abstract: Treatment and reconstruction of oral scar contracture, is always a challenging procedure to restore structure and functions of the oral cavity. We present a case of a patient with limited mouth opening who sustained extensive oral scar contracture with complete adhesion of tongue to floor of mouth following ingestion of caustic soda without his knowledge 4 years back. We performed a surgical release of the scar contractures from buccal mucosa on both sides, along with a release of the tongue from the floor of the mouth, followed by reconstruction of all sites using split skin grafts. Adequate mouth opening and tongue movement was achieved. There was a follow up period of 1 month with excellent mouth opening and tongue function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies and Mayo Hospital, Meerut-Haridwar Byepass, N.H. 58, Kadrabad, Modinagar, India.
authors.forename: Sunil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalra