title: Foreign bodies of dental origin in the air and food passages.
abstract: 6 cases in which a reamer or a cast object was swallowed into the stomach or into the bronchus during dental treatment are described, with a review of the Japanese literature. The foreign bodies were removed by duodenotomy in one case, by endoscopic or bronchoscopic procedure in three cases; spontaneous evacuation in the stool occurred in two cases. The management of patients who swallowed a foreign body into the airway or into the alimentary canal is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi; D003442:Crowns; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007284:Inlays; D008297:Male; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D013270:Stomach