Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2002 Feb;45(2):187-190.
Supernumerary Tooth in Nasal Cavity with Septal Perforation
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea. coolnose@wonnms.wonkwang.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
Abstract
- Supernumerary teeth occur in a wide variety of sites. Those that have been reported include palate, mandibular condyle, coronoid process, orbit, maxillary antrum and nasal cavity. Supernumerary teeth manifest in different ways depending on the site. Reported symptoms and signs associated with supernumerary teeth in the nasal cavity (nasal teeth) have included facial pain, external nasal deformities, foul smelling rhinorrhea, recurrent epistaxis and oronasal fistula. Very rarely, septal perforation has been reported. We present one case in which eruption of tooth into the nasal cavity was associated with nasal septal perforation and removed by appropriate surgery.
