Foreign body ingestion and aspiration in dentistry: a review of the literature and reports of three cases

Dent Update. 2006 Nov;33(9):561-2, 564-6, 569-70. doi: 10.12968/denu.2006.33.9.561.

Abstract

This article reviews several cases of foreign body ingestion or inhalation reported in the literature. Prevention, complication and management of this event are discussed and three case reports presented. Two of the cases were bridge ingestion and one was ingestion of an orthodontic band. The three cases were managed by watchful waiting and the ingested foreign bodies came out in the stools without complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Denture, Partial
  • Denture, Partial, Fixed
  • Dentures*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Foreign Bodies / prevention & control
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Large*
  • Intestine, Small*
  • Orthodontic Brackets*
  • Respiratory Aspiration / complications