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Firecracker Maxillofacial Injury in a 6-Year-Old Child- A Case Report

  • Sanjeev Kumar Singh1,*,
  • Mohammad Muneeb Mubashir1
  • Nagarajan Sirini1
  • Khushboo Bhalla1
  • Aditi Kapur1

1Oral Health Sciences Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

DOI: 10.17796/1053-4625-46.3.3 Vol.46,Issue 3,May 2022 pp.188-191

Published: 01 May 2022

*Corresponding Author(s): Sanjeev Kumar Singh E-mail: san.bajaj88@gmail.com

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Abstract

The present case report highlights the management of a 6 years old female child who suffered oral and maxillofacial injury due to explosion of a fire cracker inside the mouth which was managed by primary closure after complete debridement and to prevent the post treatment microstomia, a modified microstomia prevention intraoral prosthetic appliance was given and followed up for 15 months.

Keywords

Facial injury, Firecracker, Thermal oral burns, Children

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Sanjeev Kumar Singh,Mohammad Muneeb Mubashir,Nagarajan Sirini,Khushboo Bhalla,Aditi Kapur. Firecracker Maxillofacial Injury in a 6-Year-Old Child- A Case Report. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2022. 46(3);188-191.

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https://www.jocpd.com/articles/10.17796/1053-4625-46.3.3

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