Sir, a 24-year-old man presented to the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic with a trauma from a rubber bullet which had occurred two weeks previously.

The patient had paraesthesia of the mucosa and the cheek in the left molar region. The teeth in the area were vital to electric pulp tests. Intraoral and extraoral examination revealed lumps detected in the vestibular sulcus area and a panoramic radiograph revealed a radioopaque mass in the region of teeth 33–36 (Fig. 1). It was understood that the rubber bullet fragmented in the tissues because of the impact on the mandibular bone. The plastic & reconstructive surgery department performed an operation to remove as many particles as possible from the tissues but some of them remain. The patient has a paraesthesia in the related region and will be called for routine follow-up.

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Panoramic radiograph of the patient

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