Long-term impaction of a foreign body in the hard palate

ÖZGÜR F. F., Ozdemir H.

JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, vol.19, no.3, pp.826-828, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/scs.0b013e31816aac04
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.826-828
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Foreign bodies in the hard palate have only rarely been documented. This article describes and illustrates a case of foreign material in the hard palate. In the literature, no such 18-month-long period of impaction in the hard palate has been reported. Surprisingly, despite this long period of impaction, the foreign material did not lead to any tissue necrosis or perforation.