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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Khan, Imran
• Shan, Tabinda
• Manzoor, Manzoor Ahmed

Titel

ENDODONTIC MANAGEMENT OF OROCUTANEOUS SINUS - A CASE REPORT

Ist Teil von

• Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal, 2023-04, Vol.62 (3), p.462-63

Ort / Verlag

Army Medical College Rawalpindi

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Nexis Uni

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A facial cutaneous sinus of dental origin isa relatively uncommon condition; in theabsence of the specific dental symptoms it ismostly misdiagnosed. Tidwell et al in 1997reported a case which took over 15 years torecognize a dental origin1. Such patients seekstreatment from a general physician or surgeoninstead of a dental surgeon and are subjected tomultiple remedies like surgical excisions,cauterization, multiple antibiotic regimens andeven radiotherapy with ultimate recurrencebecause the primary dental cause is frequentlyoverlooked. Misdiagnosis leads to thedestructive treatment of local cutaneous lesion,this may produce unsightly scar, whichproduces aesthetic problems and is verystressful for the patient2.