@article{ref1,
title="Firearm projectile in the maxillary tuberosity located by adjunctive examination of wide-field optical fluorescence",
journal="Photomedicine and laser surgery",
year="2018",
author="Andrade, Sérgio Araújo and Varotti, Fernando de Pilla and Bagnato, Vanderlei Salvador and Pratavieira, Sebastião",
volume="36",
number="2",
pages="112-115",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate the use of wide-field optical fluorescence as an adjunctive examination in a clinical routine to oral diagnosis. BACKGROUND DATA: Use of wide-field optical fluorescence in the oral cavity has been restricted to topics related to the detection and diagnosis of oral cancer. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a regular medical appointment, a 58-year-old female patient, without any complaint or oral symptom, underwent the complementary examination by wide-field optical fluorescence. A device with high-power light-emitting diode emitting light centered at a wavelength of (400 ± 10) nm and maximum irradiance of (0.040 ± 0.008) W/cm(2) was used for fluorescence visualization. <br><br>RESULTS: We report the location of a firearm projectile, intraosseous, in the maxillary tuberosity using wide-field optical fluorescence. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: It is evidenced that wide-field optical fluorescence, within a clinical routine, can provide relevant images and data, with an immediate result, without the use of ionizing radiation, enabling an efficient oral diagnosis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1549-5418",
doi="10.1089/pho.2017.4339",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/pho.2017.4339"
}