EC Dental Science

In this research paper, the management of soft tissue injury in a 4-year-old Indian boy child is presented. Patient along with his parents reported to a private dental clinic complaining of intra oral soft tissue injury happened due to penetration of pencil while child playing. The foreign object, ‘sharp pencil’ got stuck inside the upper labial vestibule resulting in a deep penetrating wound. Following radiographic examination, no evidence of incorporation of any pencil parts inside the wound was confirmed and the labial vestibular soft tissue injury was successfully managed.

 Keywords: Foreign Object; Maxillary Labial Vestibule; Penetrating Soft Tissue Injury; Surgical Management

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