Radiographic Revelation of Foreign Body in Primary Tooth: A Rare Case Report

Children have a habit of ingestion or aspiration of foreign object, which pose severe danger to the child as well as parents. However the insertion of objects into the tooth is not very common and most of the time parents are unaware as children fear to reveal. Such objects act as a site of infection and may lead to discoloration of the tooth as well as abscess. In the present case child presented with a discoloured maxillary right lateral incisor. Radiograph revealed presence of a metallic object inside the root canal of the same tooth, which neither the patient was aware nor the child disclosed during history taking. Hence early diagnosis and treatment is necessary to avoid future dreadful situation to child as well as patient. Parents should also be instructed to maintain a nonjudgmental and non-authoritarian approach to handle children, so that kids won't be fearful to discuss their problems.