Carious Nasal Tooth: A Case Report from the Oral and Maxillofacial Unit of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47410#.VMib-SzQrzE Author(s) Alexander Acheampong Oti , Sabbah Daniel Kwasi , Siale Edem Edward , Gyimah Nana Tuffor Ampem Affiliation(s) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Dental School, Kumasi, Ghana . Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana . ABSTRACT Ectopic teeth erupting in the nasal cavity are a rare occurrence. This may present with varying degree of morbidity. We present a very rare occurrence case report of an ectopic carious tooth in a nasal cavity. The upper left central incisor was congenitally missing and patient thought it was a form of diastema. Her chief complaint was painful whitish growth in the floor of her left nose with foul smelling mucoid discharge. The learning experience in this case report is that, in conduc...