Crowning achievement: a case of dental aspiration

Aspiration of foreign bodies during dental procedures is a rare but potentially serious complication. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who aspirated a dental crown requiring flexible bronchoscopic retrieval. We discuss the risk factors for aspiration, the radiographic features of diagnosis, an...

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Autores principales: Mark, Nicholas M., Lessing, Juan N., Çoruh, Başak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4661492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2015.09.001
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description Aspiration of foreign bodies during dental procedures is a rare but potentially serious complication. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who aspirated a dental crown requiring flexible bronchoscopic retrieval. We discuss the risk factors for aspiration, the radiographic features of diagnosis, and the techniques for management and retrieval.
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spelling pubmed-46614922015-12-08 Crowning achievement: a case of dental aspiration Mark, Nicholas M. Lessing, Juan N. Çoruh, Başak Radiol Case Rep Case Report Aspiration of foreign bodies during dental procedures is a rare but potentially serious complication. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who aspirated a dental crown requiring flexible bronchoscopic retrieval. We discuss the risk factors for aspiration, the radiographic features of diagnosis, and the techniques for management and retrieval. Elsevier 2015-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4661492/ /pubmed/26649115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2015.09.001 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Crowning achievement: a case of dental aspiration
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