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The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report
While brushing her teeth, the toothbrush of a 4-year-old female child was broken, and about 5.4 cm of it including the head was left behind in her mouth. The head of the toothbrush penetrated the lateral pharyngeal wall and got strongly impacted into the left parapharyngeal space due to the presence...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27041844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.164763 |
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description | While brushing her teeth, the toothbrush of a 4-year-old female child was broken, and about 5.4 cm of it including the head was left behind in her mouth. The head of the toothbrush penetrated the lateral pharyngeal wall and got strongly impacted into the left parapharyngeal space due to the presence of bristles. The broken end of the handle was just protruding into the pharynx and was very difficult to locate. It led to a life-threatening condition. The head of the toothbrush was removed safely by endoscopic approach and the patient recovered without any complication. |
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spelling | pubmed-47951422016-04-01 The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report Goswami, Saileswar J Indian Soc Periodontol Case Report While brushing her teeth, the toothbrush of a 4-year-old female child was broken, and about 5.4 cm of it including the head was left behind in her mouth. The head of the toothbrush penetrated the lateral pharyngeal wall and got strongly impacted into the left parapharyngeal space due to the presence of bristles. The broken end of the handle was just protruding into the pharynx and was very difficult to locate. It led to a life-threatening condition. The head of the toothbrush was removed safely by endoscopic approach and the patient recovered without any complication. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4795142/ /pubmed/27041844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.164763 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Goswami, Saileswar The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report |
title | The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report |
title_full | The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report |
title_fullStr | The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report |
title_full_unstemmed | The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report |
title_short | The head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: A rare case report |
title_sort | head of a broken toothbrush in the parapharyngeal space: a rare case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27041844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.164763 |
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