title: Penetrating injury of face by a large machine bolt-a rare case report.
abstract: Foreign bodies are often encountered by oral and maxillofacial surgeons and may present a diagnostic challenge, due to many factors such as nature of foreign body material, the size of the object, difficult access and a close anatomical relationship of the foreign body to vital structures. There are foreign bodies like glass pieces, plastic materials, wooden pieces are not seen in routine radiographs and often misdiagnosed. To reduce the chances of complications presence of foreign body in the patients head and neck region must be thoroughly investigated by the surgeon. Penetrating injuries by blunt object is rare finding in maxillofacial region. Here we present an unusual case of penetrating injury by a large machine bolt (15.0 cm) in a 7 year old child, embedded on left side of face.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre, Delhi Road, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh India.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre, Delhi Road, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh India.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Sunit K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jurel
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre, Delhi Road, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Shilpi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College & Research Centre, Delhi Road, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh India.
authors.forename: Shalender
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Foreign bodies; Maxillofacial injuries; Penetrating injury
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