Abstract

FANG MERCADO, Luis; RAMOS MANOTAS, Jacobo; HERRERA HERRERA, Alejandra  and  DIAZ CABALLERO, Antonio. Amalgam Tattoo. A case report. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.3, pp.425-431. ISSN 0120-5552.

The amalgam tattoo is caused by deposition in the subepitelial connective tissue fragments amalgam iatrogenic procedures result of the operator. The depth at which they are housed residues of this material influences the clinical presentation of lesions can be identified radiographically fragments have diameters while reasonable, can be observed histologically amalgam particles as dark granules, solids and irregular arranged between collagen bundles and blood vessels. The present article describes the case of a patient who had amalgam pigmentation vestibular mucosa, caused by a portion of amalgam used as filling material in an apicoectomy of 11 made in advance. Given the clinical and radiographic considerations we chose to carry a second apicoectomy with retrograde obturation with MTA 11. During the surgical procedure was curetted and lost the inside of the mucoperi-osteal flap to try to reduce the degree of pigmentation.

Keywords : Dental Amalgam; tattooing; argentum metallicum; pigmentation disorders.

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