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ArticleCureus2025

A Rare Complication of Dental Care: A Case of Subcutaneous Emphysema, Pneumomediastinum, and Pneumopericardium.

Caroline Henin, Laure Watelet, Vanessa Wauters

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Caroline HeninEmergency Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BEL.
Laure WateletEmergency Medicine, Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires (CHU) Helora, Nivelles, BEL.
Vanessa WautersEmergency Medicine, Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires (CHU) Helora, Nivelles, BEL.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reports the rare case of a 64-year-old man who presented at the emergency department with interscapular pain following a dental procedure. Imaging revealed subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium, resulting from the use of an air-driven tool during the treatment of a molar implant. Although uncommon, such iatrogenic complications can lead to serious consequences and should be promptly recognized and managed in emergency settings to prevent further deterioration.

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air-driven dental toolsdental procedure complicationspneumomediastinumpneumopericardiumsubcutaneous emphysema

Identifiers

PMID40585703
PMCPMC12206070

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