The present report describes a unusual case about a buccodental trauma in a 5-year-old boy, who suffered a wound by toothbrush impalement into the oral mucosa, between the ascendant ramus and the cheek vestibule, also the diagnostic process and hospital treatment, since his admission to the urgency room, the injury surgical management, and the postoperative control.

RESUMENEn el presente reporte se describe un caso inusual de trauma bucodental en un niño de 5 años de edad, quién sufrió una herida por incrustación del cepillo dental en la mucosa oral, entre la rama ascendente y el vestíbulo de la mejilla, además del proceso diagnóstico y tratamiento hospitalario, desde su ingreso al área de urgencias, el manejo quirúrgico de la lesión, y el control posoperatorio. PALABRAS CLAVEPenetración traumática; Cepillo dental; Mucosa oral; Niños. ABSTRACTThe present report describes a unusual case about a buccodental trauma in a 5-year-old boy, who suffered a wound by toothbrush impalement into the oral mucosa, between the ascendant ramus and the cheek vestibule, also the diagnostic process and hospital treatment, since his admission to the urgency room, the injury surgical management, and the postoperative control.