Pericoronarite relacionada com tonsilite recorrente: revisão da literatura e relato de um caso
Abstract
A pericoronarite, condição inflamatória dos tecidos moles pericoronários, acomete principalmente os terceiros molares inferiores. A superfície oclusal do dente afetado é freqüentemente revestida por um tecido gengival denominado opérculum, o qual favorece o acúmulo de alimentos e proliferação bacteriana. Além do incômodo causado pelos sinais clínicos como dor, sangramento, halitose e trismo, há o risco de resultar em complicações devido à disseminação da infecção. O presente trabalho aborda uma situação clínica onde um quadro de tonsilite recorrente foi solucionado com a exodontia de um terceiro molar inferior semi-incluso.
UNITERMOS: infecção; pericoronarite; terceiro molar; tonsilite.
SUMMARY
Pericoronitis is an inflammatory condition of soft tissues around the crown most commonly found in lower third molars. The occlusal surface of affected tooth is often covered by a gingival tissue named operculum, which provides food packing and bacterium proliferation. Besides discomfort caused by clinical symptoms such as pain, bleeding, halitosis and limitation of opening, it may lead to serious complications due to infection’s track. The present article is about a clinical situation where a recurrent tonsillitis case was resolved through an erupting mandibular third molar extraction.
UNITERMS: infection; pericoronitis; third molar; tonsillitis.
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