Deptt of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Christian Dental College and Hospital.
Foreign body ingestion or insertion are uncommon, but can be deposited in oral cavity either by road traffic accident, injury or iatrogenic. Among the commonly encountered iatrogenic foreign bodies are broken instruments, restorative materials, needles etc. few cases of glass embedded pieces in soft tissue has been reported and published. In this present case, it has been reported a piece of glass being lodged in the upper labial mucosa since 20 years.
Foreign body, Glass, labial vestibule, penetrating injury
