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Baba Farid University Dental Journal
Year : 2014, Volume : 5, Issue : 3
First page : ( 82) Last page : ( 85)
Print ISSN : 0976-8181. Online ISSN : 2230-7273.

Submental Intubation-Case Report and Review of Literature

Kaur Harveen*, Singh Amanpreet

Assustant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar

*Address for Correspondence: Dr. Harveen Kaur, Assustant Professor, Department of Dentistry, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, e-mail: drannie81@yahoo.com

Online published on 18 May, 2016.

Abstract

Panfacial trauma poses a challenge for treatment both for fracture management and airway management. Surgeons need to use occlusion as a guide for fracture management and want tube to be out of operating field We present a case report on use of submental intubation as an alternative to tracheostomy with less morbidity and without much technical expertise

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Keywords

Panfacial, submental, occlusion.

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