title: Sodium hypochlorite accident in a pediatric patient.
abstract: A sodium hypochlorite accident is a rare event in adults, but even more so in children. The purposes of this paper were to: report the case of a one-year, 10-month-old toddler who was treated under general anesthesia for early childhood caries, incurred a sodium hypochlorite accident following attempted pulpectomy in his primary maxillary central incisors, but made a full recovery without any sequelae after a typical four to six weeks course of disease; review the pertinent literature; and give recommendations on how to minimize the potential occurrence of such incidents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Children's Hospital Colorado and School of Dental Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA. ulrich.klein@childrenscolorado.org.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colo., USA.
authors.forename: Donald J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kleier
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000628:therapy; D003789:Dental Pulp Exposure / Q000628:therapy; D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000209:etiology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D011670:Pulpectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000628:therapy; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D012388:Root Canal Irrigants; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite