Severe Injury Caused by a Traumatic Toothbrush Impalement: A Case Report

 

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Authors: Islas, María, Loyola DDS, Miguel, Martínez DDS, Ricardo, Pozos DDS, PhD, Amaury, Garrocho DDS, PhD, José
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2016
Description:The present report describes a unusual case about a buccodental trauma in a 5-year-old boy, who suffered a wound by toothbrush impalement into the oral mucosa, between the ascendant ramus and the cheek vestibule, also the diagnostic process and hospital treatment, since his admission to the urgency room, the injury surgical management, and the postoperative control.  
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/23493
Online Access:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/Odontos/article/view/23493
Keyword:Traumatic impalement
Toothbrush
Oral mucosa
Children.