Pediatric dentistry · Level 2 — Clinical application

Traumatic lip lesion in a young child

Case library

Patient profile (fictional)

Age

Medical history

Healthy; anxious, limited cooperation

Dental history

Fall at school; lower lip laceration and mucosal ulcer, no dental fracture

Medications

None

Findings

Painful ulcer of the lower labial mucosa; child tolerates about 30 s of intraoral work at a time

Procedure / context

Soft-tissue trauma management

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Step 1

Evidence: Moderate

What must be confirmed before PBM?

Step 2

Evidence: Limited

The child tolerates only 30 s in total. What do you do?

Step 3

Evidence: Moderate

Communication plan?

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