Common Things are Common: A Case Series of Oral Foreign Bodies in Paediatric Patients

From Volume 36, Issue 1, January 2009 | Pages 53-58

Authors

Sarah Gale

BDS, MFDS RCS(Eng)

Specialist Registrar in Orthodontics, Birmingham Dental Hospital, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK

Articles by Sarah Gale

Emily Hall

BDS, MFDS RCS(Ed)

Clinical Lecturer in Orthodontics, Birmingham Dental Hospital, Birmingham, UK

Articles by Emily Hall

Nabina Bhujel

BDS, MFDS (RCPS Glas), MPaedDent (Glas), D Clin Dent (Paed Dent), FDS (Paed Dent RCS Eng)

Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London

Articles by Nabina Bhujel

Sarah McKaig

Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Birmingham Dental Hospital, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK

Articles by Sarah McKaig

Abstract

Reports of foreign bodies in the oral cavity are few in number. Three cases of children of varying ages, presenting with oral foreign bodies, and their subsequent diagnosis and management, are described. The importance of considering foreign bodies, as part of a differential diagnosis in paediatric patients, where aetiology is uncertain and clinical appearance is unusual, is highlighted.

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