Quadhelix Appliance Therapy Resulting in Pyogenic Granuloma of the Tongue

From Volume 29, Issue 9, November 2002 | Pages 462-463

Authors

Louise Kneafsey

BDS, MFDS

Senior House Officer, Department of Orthodontics, Southmead Hospital, Bristol.

Articles by Louise Kneafsey

Ceri Hughes

BDS, FDS RCS, MBChB, FRCS(OMFS), FRACDS(OMS)

Specialist Registrar, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol.

Articles by Ceri Hughes

Abstract

This paper describes the examination, diagnosis and treatment of a rapidly enlarging tongue mass presenting in a healthy 12-year-old girl. This mass caused distress to both the patient and her parents and diagnostic uncertainty for her general medical and dental practitioners. The lesion was in fact caused by an orthodontic quadhelix appliance and responded to simple treatment.

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