Nasal cavity supernumerary tooth and maxillary sinusitis: one case reported

Supernumerary tooth is a rare case. This report described a case of nasal cavity supernumerary tooth association with maxillary sinusitis. A 28-year-old male patient reported with the chief complaint of nasal obstruction, headache and purulent secretion for the past three months. Clinic examination...

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Published inLin chuang er bi yan hou ke za zhi Vol. 29; no. 16; p. 1494
Main Authors Guo, Guangliang, Hu, Limin, Lu, Yuan
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.08.2015
Subjects
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Maxillary Sinus - pathology
Maxillary Sinusitis - etiology
Nasal Cavity - pathology
Nasal Obstruction
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tooth, Supernumerary - complications
Tooth, Supernumerary - diagnosis
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Summary:Supernumerary tooth is a rare case. This report described a case of nasal cavity supernumerary tooth association with maxillary sinusitis. A 28-year-old male patient reported with the chief complaint of nasal obstruction, headache and purulent secretion for the past three months. Clinic examination and CT examination showed that there was a supernumerary tooth in the right nasal bottom, and maxillary sinus was infected in the same side. This patient was performed supernumerary tooth removing and given antibiotics for 3 days. Ten days after the operation, there was no clinical symptoms, and nasal bottom mucosa was normal. After 3 months of follow-up, reexamination of coronal CT scan appeared normal.
ISSN:1001-1781