A huge foreign body lodgement in the soft palate (uvula) – A rarest case report with literature review

Abstract

Foreign body retention in young children is commonly encountered phenomenon during dental practice. Because chewing and keeping of different objects is ususal finding seen in most of children. Foreign body lodgement in both primary and permanent dentition of teeth as well as in the soft tissues of the oral cavity have been reported. But retention of a huge foreign object in the uvula of the soft palate is not reported so far. Therefore the aim of this article is to report such a rarest case of huge foreign object and its successful removal.