INTRANASAL TOOTH IN A PATIENT WITH A CLEFT-LIP AND ALVEOLUS

Authors
YEUNG KH LEE KH
Citation
Kh. Yeung et Kh. Lee, INTRANASAL TOOTH IN A PATIENT WITH A CLEFT-LIP AND ALVEOLUS, The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal, 33(2), 1996, pp. 157-159
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
10556656
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
157 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-6656(1996)33:2<157:ITIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Ectopic dental eruption into the nasal cavity is a rare phenomenon wit h an obscure cause. A case of an early erupted intranasal tooth in a p atient with a repaired cleft lip, an unrepaired cleft alveolus, and fu sion of lower incisor teeth is reported. Only three similar cases of i ntranasal teeth in cleft patients have been reported in the literature . The unusual features in the present case are highlighted.