Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology
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Comparative Study
A prospective non-randomised study to compare oral trauma from laryngoscope versus laryngeal mask insertion.
Prospective studies evaluating the incidence of dental injuries in anaesthesia are scarce or absent. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of oral trauma in patients submitted to laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation with those anaesthetized with a laryngeal mask. ⋯ Minor oral trauma is significantly more frequent after endotracheal intubation than after use of the laryngeal mask. This is true for injuries of the teeth, inferior lip and tongue. Further studies are needed to evaluate on a long-term basis the clinical relevance of the dental injuries we found.