Vol.98 No.3 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 98 No. 3 March 2005
Two Cases of an Inverted Tooth in the Nasal Cavity
Myungmi Oh and Shigeharu Fujieda
(University of Fukui)
Masako Miyoshi and Hiroshi Takenaka
(Osaka Medical College)
Takashi Ito
(Hirakata City Hospital)
We reported two cases of an inverted tooth in the nasal cavity. Case 1 was a 23-year old female who complained of left nasal obstruction. An inverted tooth was found in the left nasal cavity. Computed tomography revealed the inverted tooth had a short root in the alveolar part of maxilla. We performed extirpation of the inverted tooth by an endoscopic approach. It was easy to remove the tooth by the short root. Case 2 was a 35-year old male who had left cheek pain. There was an inverted tooth in the left nasal cavity. We did not treat with him, because he did not want to do so. Since the improvement of endoscopes and their operator's skills, it has become possible to remove inverted teeth by an endoscopic approach.
Key words : inverted tooth, nasal cavity, endoscopic approach