title: Endodontic procedures must never be performed without the rubber dam.
abstract: The rubber dam is an absolute essential in all endodontic procedures. In documentation of that fact, we have presented the case of a 50-year-old man who swallowed an endodontic broach during endodontic treatment; the instrument passed through the gastrointestinal tract without difficulty.
mesh_terms: D003762:Dental Instruments; D004708:Endodontics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged