Author(s)

Yara Mahfouz¹, Maen Mahfouz^1,2

¹Dental Department, Al Zafer Hospital, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
²Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine.

Subcutaneous emphysema in the head and neck is a well known clinical condition. It is an uncommon clinical complication of dental treatment caused by forceful injection of air into the loose connective tissue below the dermal layer. The trapped air is often limited by subcutaneous space in the head and neck. This paper presents a clinical case in which subcutaneous emphysema developed immediately during surgical extraction of third molar.

Subcutaneous, Emphysema, Surgical Complication

Mahfouz, Y. and Mahfouz, M. (2015) Subcutaneous Emphysema Is Iatrogenic Complication in Dental Surgery. Open Journal of Stomatology, 5, 217-225. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2015.58027.