Dental fracture and finger amputation in a child after cell phone battery explosion: A case report

Pediatric dentists often encounter with traumatic injuries.Explosive material injuries are seen very rare than othertypes. Tissue damage in the explosion is because of blastinjury, penetrating injury and thermal burn injury. In ourstudy we described pediatric case exposed to blast effect.After multiple finger injury treatment performed, left centralmaxillary incisor fracture was treated with compositeresin restoration. At sixth month control visit, adequatesoft tissue support was provided and no color discoloration,fracture or abscess formation was seen. As a resultof this case report, the blast injury that rarely seen in pediatricpatients in dentistry can be repair properly with appropriaterestoration techniques. J Clin Exp Invest 2012;3(2): 280-283