This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.
To learn more see our Cookies Policy.
We thought that would be the last we would hear of nightmarish teeth, but here we are again.
A Saudi Arabian man complaining of chronic nosebleeds has discovered the root of the problem – a rogue tooth growing in his nasal cavity.
Advertisement
American Journal of Case Reports
American Journal of Case Reports
That’s a tooth in the nostril, folks. A tooth in the nostril.
According to the American Journal of Case Reports, doctors were surprised to find the “instranasal supernumerary tooth”, which was scratching the inside of the man’s nose and making it bleed.
American Journal of Case Reports
American Journal of Case Reports
The 1cm-long tooth was removed, and the nosebleeds ceased.
Speaking to LiveScience, a professor of oral pathology at the University of Iowa said it was an ‘unusual’ case:
…Certainly, the most impressive intranasal photo I think I’ve ever seen of one. I’ve never seen the tooth actually in there.
Thursday 16 January, 2025
Thursday 16 January, 2025
Download our app
Man goes to doctor with chronic nosebleeds, discovers rogue tooth in nose
JUST LAST MONTH, we learned that an Indian teen had to have 232 teeth removed from his head after he complained of a swollen jaw.
We thought that would be the last we would hear of nightmarish teeth, but here we are again.
A Saudi Arabian man complaining of chronic nosebleeds has discovered the root of the problem – a rogue tooth growing in his nasal cavity.
That’s a tooth in the nostril, folks. A tooth in the nostril.
According to the American Journal of Case Reports, doctors were surprised to find the “instranasal supernumerary tooth”, which was scratching the inside of the man’s nose and making it bleed.
The 1cm-long tooth was removed, and the nosebleeds ceased.
Speaking to LiveScience, a professor of oral pathology at the University of Iowa said it was an ‘unusual’ case:
Galway buskers brilliantly cover the Game of Thrones theme>
Repeat bank robber styles each stickup with a different hat>
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
american journal of case reports Dentist Teeth Teething problems tooth tooth in nose tooth in nostril