Endodontic procedures must never be performed without the rubber dam.
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.
D003762:Dental Instruments; D004708:Endodontics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged