A Case of Buccal Abscess from an Impacted Wisdom Tooth in an Elderly Person with Malnutrition
| Autor: | Mizuha Kojima, Yutaka Sakaguchi, Yuki Kojima, Kazuhiro Sakaguchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty 030109 nutrition & dietetics Impacted wisdom tooth business.industry Buccal abscess Treatment options RK1-715 Case Report 030206 dentistry Cheek medicine.disease humanities Surgery 03 medical and health sciences Malnutrition 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Dentistry Elderly population medicine Local anesthesia Abscess business General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Dentistry Case Reports in Dentistry, Vol 2016 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2090-6447 |
| Popis: | We report a case of buccal abscess caused by an impacted wisdom tooth in an extremely elderly person with malnutrition. The patient was a 94-year-old man, who complained that he had found it hard to open his mouth and that his cheek had been swollen for the previous 2 weeks. He had a shallow oral wound caused by an improperly fitting denture; however, the wound became infected. We performed incisional drainage of the abscess under local anesthesia. The swelling disappeared and he was able to open his mouth 55 mm. The elderly have a high risk of healing failure of injuries and it has been reported that infection in a host in a compromised state is severely intractable. This elderly patient was in a compromised state because of malnutrition. Cases such as this one will increase as the elderly population increases. Dentists need to consider the quality of life of patients with a longer life expectancy and should offer patients several treatment options before their general condition deteriorates. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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