Table 1: Published literature regarding tooth fragments embedded in soft tissues following dentoalveolar trauma

Snawder et al., 1979[5]

—

—

—

—

—

—

Hill and Picton, 1981[6]

—

Tongue

11

Uncomplicated crown fracture

—

—

McDonnell and McKiernan, 1986[7]

—

Tongue

—

—

—

—

Wadkar et al., 1986[4]

—

Lower lip

11

—

—

—

Clark and Jones, 1987[8]

—

—

—

—

—

—

Taran et al., 1994[9]

7/F

Lower lip

11

—

Surgical removal

Protruded 18 days later

Kalra and Aggarwal, 1997[10]

6/M

Upper lip

51

—

—

—

da Silva et al., 2005[11]

10/M

Lower lip

—

—

Surgical removal

—

17/M

Lower lip

Cetinkaya, 2005[12]

—

Lower lip

—

—

—

—

Pasini, 2006[13]

—

Lower lip

—

Uncomplicated crown fracture

Reattachment

—

Rao and Hegde, 2006[14]

9/M

Lower lip

—

—

Surgical removal

Spontaneous eruption 8 months after the trauma

Naudi and Fung, 2007[15]

—

Lower lip

—

Uncomplicated crown fracture

Reattachment

—

Schwengber et al., 2010[16]

8/M

Lower lip

21

—

Reattachment

—

Al-Jundi, 2010[17]

—

Lower lip

—

—

—

Noticed 18 months after the trauma

Cubukcu, 2011[18]

—

Upper lip

Primary central incisor

—

Surgical removal

—

Sangwan, 2011[19]

8/F

Lower lip

11

—

Reattachment

—

Antunes et al., 2012[20]

—

Lower lip

—

—

—

—

Lauritano et al., 2012[21]

10/M

Lower lip

21

—

Reattachment

—

Lips, 2012[3]

8/M

Lower lip

21

—

Reattachment

—

Goodson and Bhangoo 2013[21]

—

—

—

—

—

—

Agarwal et al., 2013[2]

—

Upper lip

—

—

—

—

Barua, et al. 2013[22]

12/F

Lower lip

—

—

Surgical removal

Present for 5 months in the lip

Altundasar and Demiralp, 2013[23]

23/M

Lower lip

11

—

Surgical removal

—

Present case

10/M

Lower lip

11

Uncomplicated crown fracture

Surgical removal

Present for 10 months in the lip