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Accidental ingestion of a dental bur in an 84-year-old male.

Francesk MulitaIoannis PanagiotopoulosGeorgios-Ioannis VerrasElias LiolisLevan TchabashviliThemistoklis ParaskevasFotios IliopoulosDimitrios BousisChristos MichailidesCharalampos KaplanisIoannis PerdikarisKonstantinos BouchagierDimitrios FilisDimitrios Velissaris
Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)
This report describes the case of an 84-year-old male who was brought to the emergency room because a dental bur was swallowed accidentally during a dental procedure. The foreign body was successfully removed by gastroenterologists endoscopically 8 days after the ingestion and was identified as a 2-cm-long dental bur.
Keyphrases
  • oral health
  • emergency department
  • healthcare
  • minimally invasive