fa Orthodontic parotitis: a rare complication from an orthodontic appliance ارتودنسی Orthodontics پژوهشي Research A case is presented of a 14-year-old female undergoing orthodontic fixed appliance treatment who presented with right facial swelling in the parotid region. An initial diagnosis of acute infective parotitis was made by her primary care clinician. However, after clinical examination and ultrasonographic imaging, a diagnosis of salivary stasis secondary to inflammatory occlusion of Stensen’s ductal orifice was made. The ductal orifice had been traumatized by the adjacent orthodontic appliance. This has not been described before in the literature. The differential diagnosis of parotid enlargement in children is discussed. <hr><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Journal of Orthodontics </p><p> <a href="http://jorthod.maneyjournals.org/content/39/4/314.abstract" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p> Orthodontic appliance, complications, fixed appliance ,parotitis, facial swelling ,child 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-1867&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Eileen McCarthy 10031947532846008797 10031947532846008797 No Alistair R M Cobb alicobb@yahoo.com 10031947532846008798 10031947532846008798 Yes Guys and St Thomas’s Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK