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A rare case of a plastic foreign body (suction tip) within the soft tissues in the lingual aspect of the mandible
Eirini Boutiou1, Ioannis A. Ziogas2, Georgios Koloutsos3, Margarita Vafiadou4, Konstantinos Antoniades5
1Dental Student, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
2Medical Student, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
3MD, DDS, MSc, PhD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
4MD, DDS, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
5MD, DDS, PhD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Article ID: Z01201711CR10853EB
doi:10.5348/ijcri-2017114-CR-10853

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Boutiou E, Ziogas IA, Koloutsos G, Vafiadou M, Antoniades K. A rare case of a plastic foreign body (suction tip) within the soft tissues in the lingual aspect of the mandible. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(11):735–738.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: A rare occasion for the oral and maxillofacial surgeon as well as the dentist is to find a foreign object in a patient’s oral cavity. The underlying etiology may be a trauma, therapeutic interventions (dentoalveolar or implant surgery), or even a tooth dislocation. It may cause symptoms and thus be a reason for the patient to visit the dentist or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon or it can be an incidental finding on radiographic evaluation.
Case Report: A 54-year-old edentulous patient presented with pain upon wearing his lower denture. An orthopantomographic evaluation showed nothing unusual and the patient was scheduled for the removal of a clinically diagnosed lingual exostosis under local anesthesia. Intra-operatively, we found and removed a suction tip, which caused the discomfort. Apparently, it was an iatrogenic leftover from a previous dental therapeutic procedure (an inferior 3rd molar extraction), right after which it was noticed.
Conclusion: The dentist in general should be very careful, when treating his patients, so as not to leave a foreign object in the oral cavity.

Keywords: Adverse event, Foreign bodies, Maxillofacial surgery


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Author Contributions
Eirini Boutiou – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Ioannis A. Ziogas – Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Georgios Koloutsos – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Margarita Vafiadou – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Konstantinos Antoniades – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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