
We encountered a 74-year-old male patient with tongue laceration after convulsive seizures under intensive care. The tongue showed severe swelling, and the right ventral surface had been lacerated by his isolated and pointed right lower canine. Our university hospital has established a perioperative management center, and is promoting interprofessional collaboration, including dentists, in perioperative management. Dentists collaborating in the perioperative management center took dental impressions, with the support of anesthesiologists who opened the patient's jaw under propofol sedation, to produce a mouth protector. By raising the patient's bite, the completed mouth protector prevented the isolated tooth from contacting the tongue and protected the lacerated wound. Use of the mouth protector prevented the lacerated tongue from coming into contact with the pointed tooth, and the tongue healed gradually. These findings underscore that interprofessional collaboration including dentists can improve the quality of medical care.
Male, Cuspid, Wound Healing, Esophageal Neoplasms, Interprofessional Relations, Dentists, 610, mouth protector, Disease Management, Lacerations, tongue laceration, Intensive Care Units, Treatment Outcome, Tongue, Seizures, 617, Humans, Mouth Protectors, Cooperative Behavior, Aged, Quality of Health Care
Male, Cuspid, Wound Healing, Esophageal Neoplasms, Interprofessional Relations, Dentists, 610, mouth protector, Disease Management, Lacerations, tongue laceration, Intensive Care Units, Treatment Outcome, Tongue, Seizures, 617, Humans, Mouth Protectors, Cooperative Behavior, Aged, Quality of Health Care
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