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KMID : 1144020120080010022
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Journal of Korean Association for Disability and Oral Health
2012 Volume.8 No. 1 p.22 ~ p.25
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TREATMENT OF LINGUAL ULCERS CAUSED BY TONGUE THRUST WITH HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
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Oh Mee-Hee
Kim So-Jung
Choi Sung-Chul
Kim Kwang-Chul
Park Jae-Hong
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Abstract
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Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy(HIE) is a condition that occurs when the entire brain is deprived of an adequate oxygen supply and associated in most cases with oxygen deprivation in the neonate due to birth asphyxia. Children with HIE develop problems such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, learning difficulties, and other disabilities. We hereby report the case of treating a child patient with HIE whose chief complaint of severe lingual ulceration. A 12-month-old boy referred to our hospital to treat ulcers of ventral surface of tongue. He has been suffering from lingual ulceration due to persistent tongue thrusting. He has bitten his own tongue involuntary. The ulceration was apparently seemed to be not healed because of the constant irritation by lower incisors. So we designed tongue protector to prevent lingual ulcers. The appliance was proved to be effective to reduce tongue trauma by lower incisors and periodic follow-up is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Riga-Fede disease, Traumatic sublingual ulceration, Tongue protector
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