Accidental Swallowing of a Single Tooth Metal Crown of a Tooth in 38 Year Old Male Patient: A Case Report
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https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v6i1.465Keywords:
Dental practitioners, Foreign body aspiration, ingestion, Metal crownAbstract
Aspiration or ingestion of the foreign body is one of the serious emergency situations in dental practitioner’s point of view. Various dental materials, appliances or instruments which are smaller in size and other foreign bodies can come under this category. Foreign body ingestion or aspiration should be looked seriously, as complications can arise and patient may also require immediate surgical interventions in certain conditions. Every dental practitioner should know the basic management protocol for such situations. The present article reports a case of accidental ingestion of the metal crown, while removing on the dental chair.
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