Introduction: A bite from another human is an unusual cause of maxillo-facial traumatology. Our objective was to describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of labial lesions caused by this kind of bite. Patients and methods: A descriptive prospective study was carried out at the University hospitals of Yalgado OUEDRAOGO and Blaise COMPAORE in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso between June 2012 and May 2017. Results: We collected a sample of 28 patients with an average age of 32.5 years. The sex ratio was about 0.3. All the bites had been inflicted by women. The victims generally came from an underprivileged socioprofessional background. The bite had occurred during a brawl in 26 patients (92.9% cases) and in some context of aggression among 2 patients. The lesions were located on the lower lip among 21 patients, the upper lip among 4 patients, and along the commissure among 3 patients and resulted in a loss of tissue among 23 patients (82.1%). The treatment was surgical in nature, using trimming and labialization with satisfactory results in all cases. Conclusion: The circumstances surrounding the bites are not always clear and the lesions are almost always serious and require delicate treatment.
Résumé -Introduction : L'objectif de cette étude était de contribuer à l'amélioration de la prise en charge des accidents d'évolution de la dent de sagesse inférieure au centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo. Patients et méthode : Il s'agit d'une étude de cohorte descriptive allant du 01/01/2010 au 31/12/2012. Résultats : Nous avons enregistré 110 cas d'accidents d'évolution de la dent de sagesse inférieure. La tranche d'âge de 20 à 30 ans était la plus touchée avec une prédominance féminine (57,7 %). Les élèves et les étudiants (52,7 %) étaient les plus représentés. La douleur, retrouvée dans 59,1 % des cas, a été le principal motif de consultation. Le type de malposition le plus fréquent était la dent de sagesse inférieure enclavée (81,3 %) en position mésio-angulaire (56,6 %), le plus souvent bilatérale. Les accidents infectieux et nerveux étaient le plus fréquemment rencontrés. Le traitement était l'avulsion des dents de sagesse sous anesthésie générale ou sous anesthésie locale. Conclusion : Un dépistage précoce suivi d'une germectomie permettrait de réduire la morbidité liée aux accidents d'évolution de la dent de sagesse inférieure.Abstract -Accidents due to the development of the bottom wisdom tooth in the odonto-stomatology and maxillofacial surgery department at yalgado ouedraogo teaching hospital.
Background: Head and neck cellulitis of dental origin are polymicrobial bacterial infections involving the cellulo-adipose spaces of the face and neck. The objective of this work was to describe the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with head and neck cellulitis. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from 1 January to 30 June 2020. All patients consulting for cervico-facial cellulitis of dental origin in 2 university hospitals in Ouagadougou were included in the study. The usual parameters of descriptive statistics were estimated for each variable. Results: Two hundred and ninety-two cases (184 men and 108 women), aged 3 to 85 years were collected. The 25 -35 years old were the most affected (33%). Decay was the leading dental cause (95.6%). The delay in consultation was included within 7 days in 74.66% of cases. Ninety-one-point forty-four percent of patients had poor oral hygiene. Diffuse cellulitis was the most common (64.04%) and peri-mandibular regions were the most invaded (42.81%). Conclusion: The frequencies observed in our study allow us to conclude that cervicofacial cellulitis of dental origin is still frequent and affects a young and disadvantaged population.
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