Diagnosis of an unusual finding in the primary dentition: a case report.
Patients may present to the dental office with unusual findings that have no obvious etiology. The purpose of this paper is to report the case of a two-year old female patient who presented with a foreign body mimicking pathosis. Diagnosis and treatment are discussed.
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, La, USA. jtown2@lsuhsc.edu.
Janice A
JA
Townsend
Pediatric dentist in private practice in Baton Rouge, La, USA.
Mark
M
Garon
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Dennis J
DJ
McTigue
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous