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Case Reports
A Missing Tooth Found in the Nasal Cavity After an Attempt at Insertion of a Nasogastric Tube: A Case Report.
- Yoshimune Osaka and Yoshihisa Morita.
- From the Department of Anesthesiology, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
- A A Pract. 2019 Jun 3; 12 (11): 399-400.
AbstractDental injury is one of the most common complications of tracheal intubation. Although teeth dislodged during tracheal intubation are usually found in the oral cavity, we encountered a case of a missing tooth found in the nasal cavity in an intubated patient. A 62-year-old man with 4 loose teeth in the upper jaw was scheduled for laparoscopic hernia repair. After our second attempt at insertion of a nasogastric tube via the left naris, we discovered that a tooth had been dislodged. A lateral-view radiograph revealed the dislodged tooth in the nasal cavity. The ectopic tooth was removed by an otorhinolaryngologist.
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