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KMID : 0390220230340020047
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Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
2023 Volume.34 No. 2 p.47 ~ p.51
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Endoscopic Removal of Ectopic Tooth in Nasal Cavity: Report of Two Cases
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Cho Eun-Hyun
Park Doo-Sik
Wee Jee-Hye
Lee Joong-Seob
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Abstract
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An ectopic tooth is an eruption of a tooth into an abnormal location, such as the palate, sinonasal cavities, mandibular condyle, coronoid process, orbit, or skin. It can be found incidentally or be presented with a variety of symptoms, such as unilateral nasal obstruction, epistaxis, rhinorrhea, chronic nasal congestion, headache, or facial pain. Ectopic teeth are most commonly supernumerary, but may also be deciduous or permanent teeth. Possible causes of ectopic teeth in the sinonasal cavity could be genetic factors, cleft palate, odontogenic infections, trauma, crowding or displacement due to cysts or tumors, but the etiology is not yet fully understood. Early surgical removal is recommended to avoid possible complications. We report two cases of a child with an ectopic supernumerary tooth found in the nasal cavity, both of which were successfully removed via endoscopic surgery.
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KEYWORD
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Tooth eruption, ectopic, Tooth, supernumerary, Nasal cavity, Endoscopy
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