REMOVAL OF TOOTH FRAGMENT DISPLACED BY FIREARM PROJECTILE IN ORAL CAVITY: CASE REPORT

Abstract

Within the facial trauma field of study, injuries from firearm projectiles are considered the second most common death cause, surpassed only by car accidents. Such injuries can result in comminuted fractures causing great substance loss and making it rather difficult to reconstruct the affected site. Furthermore, tissue fragments, the projectile itself or affected surface can be displaced to other regions in the oral cavity. The imaging exams, like computed tomography, are essential for determining fractures or foreign bodies. Any fragments as well as unviable tissues and teeth should be carefully removed, by conservative debridement and wound repairs. This study aims to report two cases of patients wounded by firearm projectiles in which teeth fragments were displaced to other areas of the oral cavity. They were removed later on in an outpatient clinic.