Foreign bodies in the face

Abstract

The aim of this study is to make a literature review about foreign bodies present in maxillary bones and soft tissues of the face, showing howthey appear and their consequences. The radiographic aspects and the main incidences for their localization is the focus of our discussion. The conclusion showed radiographs must be done in such a way they complement each other and form right angles, so that we may have an idea on the reallocalization ofthe investigated objects. In most cases, the radio- graphic image confirms the clinical examination, but in a great num- ber of cases the dental radiogra- phic routine examination is the one that discovers the foreign bo- dies that don't have any symptoms.