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Gerodontology
; 29(2): e1198-200, 2012 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22612837
RESUMO
OBJECTIVE: This paper presents a case report about an unnoticed swallowing of a partial denture impacted in the esophagus in a 74-year old man without serious complications. BACKGROUND DATA: Dental prostheses (removable/fixed dental prostheses or fragments of dentures) appear to constitute a significant proportion of swallowed of impacted foreign bodies in the orolaryngopharynx. CONCLUSION: This case emphazises that is advisable to contraindicate this type of unilateral removable partial denture to replace teeth as temporary or definitive dental prosthesis.