Unusual Foreign Body in a Routine Lateral Cephalogram
Published: February 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.5584
Shobha Sundareswaran, Jean James, Praveen S, Latheef V.P, Sreehari S
1. Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
2. Junior Resident, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala, India.
Correspondence
Dr Shobha Sundareswaran,
Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics, Government Dental College, Calicut, Kerala - 673008, India.
E-mail: drshobhakumar@gmail.com
Routine radiographs made in the orthodontic office can often give way to detection and diagnosis of unusual syndromes, signs or foreign bodies. A case report of one such accidental detection of a very unusual foreign body within the nasal cavity of an orthodontic patient has been presented here to emphasize the importance of routine radiographic views, which over and above aiding in Orthodontic diagnosis, can also often detect potentially life threatening problems in the Oro-facial region.
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