2021年12月7日 · A 38-year-old male patient complaining of difficulty breathing through one of his nostrils for several years was found to have an ectopic tooth growing in his nose.

A tooth existing in the nasal cavity or maxillary sinus is a rare form of supernumerary tooth. These teeth usually have an abnormal appearance and may be single or paired, erupted or impacted and may lie in vertical, horizontal, or inverted positions.

2002年4月1日 · Summary: The ectopic eruption of the teeth into the nasal cavity is a rare phenomenon. We report cases: two involving the nasal cavity and one involving the hard palate and complicated by Aspergillus rhinitis. We describe the clinical and radiologic presentation of these cases and discuss their etiology, complications, diagnosis, and treatment.

2022年2月24日 · A man who was struggling to breathe was flabbergasted after Mount Sinai surgeons discovered a half-inch-long tooth growing inside his right nostril.

2022年2月25日 · Instead, consider much common causes first such as allergies, a cold, a sinus infection, a deviated nasal septum, oversized adenoids, nasal polyps, or a foreign object up your nose.

2017年10月30日 · A woman in China had a "supernumerary" or extra tooth growing into her nasal cavity. The unexpected tooth was causing problems including congestion and bleeding.

2014年8月8日 · A man suffering with nose bleeds found out it was because he had a large tooth growing in his nose -- a rare discovery but not the first of its kind.

2022年2月25日 · Doctors discovered a 38-year-old man with difficulty breathing had a tooth growing in his nose. They surgically removed it and his symptoms resolved. Ectopic teeth in other areas of the mouth...

2024年4月28日 · After years of struggling to breathe through his right nostril, a 38-year-old man discovered the unexpected cause—a stray tooth—during his visit to clinicians at a Mount Sinai ear, nose, and throat clinic.

2019年2月28日 · A curious case of a man’s seemingly typical nasal symptoms landed in a medical journal after doctors discovered that a tooth growing in his nose was the actual culprit.