Tension orbit secondary to a carious primary molar-A case report

Mehul R Jaisani; Ashok Dongol; Pradeep Acharya; Anjani Kr Yadav; Chandrakant Pasvan; Siddhartha Rai; Rikta Pande; Bandana Koirala; Shankar Shah; Poonam Lavaju; Sean Laverick

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3942

Tension orbit secondary to a carious primary molar-A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Feb 16;9(4):2053-2056. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3942. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.
² Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.
³ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.
⁴ Department of Opthalmology B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.
⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Ninewells Hospital NHS Tayside Dundee UK.
⁶ BPKIHS Dharan Nepal.

Abstract

Though rare, a pediatric dentist should have background knowledge of this kind of presentation which can greatly affect their patient's quality of life and leave them with a significant deficit at a very young age.

Keywords: orbital cellulitis; primary molar; tension orbit; vision.

Publication types

Case Reports