Effect Of Drainage Via Dental Root Canal & Extraction Wound In The Unconscious Patient With Continuouns Self-Bite Wounds.
- Author:
Jong Bae KIM
1
;
Jae Ha YOO
;
Byung Ho CHOI
;
Seon Jae MOON
Author Information
1. Department of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Crowns;
Dental Pulp Cavity*;
Drainage*;
Humans;
Lip;
Muscle Rigidity;
Prognosis;
Tooth;
Wound Infection;
Wounds and Injuries*
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2001;27(5):457-463
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In the unconscious patient with general muscle rigidity, the natural teeth can be luxated and then bite wounds may be occurred around lip, owing to the pathologic involuntary self-biting habit. If the forceful biting is generated continuously, the teeth may be avulsed and aspirated into the aerodigestive tract with the infection of biting wound. For the prevention of pulmonary aspiration of the teeth and wound infection, the biting teeth should be cared before the fact. The authors treated the teeth as endodontic drainage with removal of the crown or iodoform gauze drainage into the socket with extraction of the teeth. The prognosis was more favorable without biting wounds.
