Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology
Volume 112, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages e132-e136
EndodontologyOnline only articleA clinical predicament—diagnosis and differential diagnosis of cutaneous facial sinus tracts of dental origin: a series of case reports
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Case 1
A healthy 12-year-old girl had a pedunculated tumor-like growth under her chin, 1 cm in diameter for the past 2 years. Previous treatment of the patient was with systemic antibiotics and repeated excision 4 times, which were unsuccessful. Intraoral examination revealed that the patient had a slight distoincisal angle fracture of tooth 31. Electric pulp test and heat test were nonresponsive in teeth 31, 32, and 41. The other teeth responded within normal limits. Radiologic examination with
Discussion
Extraoral manifestation of pulpoperiradicular pathosis, is easily misdiagnosed by physicians and dentists. A sinus tract prevents swelling or pain from pressure build-up, because it provides drainage from the primary odontogenic site.3
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