A Case of Buccal Abscess from an Impacted Wisdom Tooth in an Elderly Person with Malnutrition
We report a case of buccal abscess caused by an impacted wisdom tooth in an extremely elderly person with malnutrition. The patient was a 94-year-old man, who complained that he had found it hard to open his mouth and that his cheek had been swollen for the previous 2 weeks. He had a shallow oral wo...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5120193/ |