title: Unusual foreign body in a routine lateral cephalogram.
abstract: Routine radiographs made in the orthodontic office can often give way to detection and diagnosis of unusual syndromes, signs or foreign bodies. A case report of one such accidental detection of a very unusual foreign body within the nasal cavity of an orthodontic patient has been presented here to emphasize the importance of routine radiographic views, which over and above aiding in Orthodontic diagnosis, can also often detect potentially life threatening problems in the Oro-facial region.
authors: Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College , Calicut, Kerala, India .
authors: Shobha
authors: S
authors: Sundareswaran
authors: Junior Resident, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College , Calicut, Kerala, India .
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: James
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College , Calicut, Kerala, India .
authors: Praveen
authors: P
authors: S
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College , Calicut, Kerala, India .
authors: Latheef
authors: L
authors: V P
authors: Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College , Calicut, Kerala, India .
authors: Sreehari
authors: S
authors: S
keywords: Diagnostic cephalogram; Nasal foreign body