[The risks from ingestion of cleaning tablets for dentures and dental prostheses].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the frequency and severity of intoxication caused by cleansing tablets for dental plates or dental prostheses.


METHODS
Questionnaire study.


METHODS
National Poisons Control Centre, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.


METHODS
In 1996, all 78 physicians who requested information from the Centre about intoxications with cleansing tablets for dental plates or dental prostheses were sent a questionnaire enquiring about the exposure situations and the severity of the effects of the intoxications.


RESULTS
Forty-six questionnaires (59%) were returned. Older people (24; 52%) and children (14; 30%) constituted the largest groups of intoxicated. As a rule, accidental ingestion of the tablets was involved. In most cases, one tablet had been swallowed. Local effects, mostly of a mild nature, were reported in 22 patients. Systemic effects were reported in two patients but in these cases the connection with the ingestion was doubtful.
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Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Nationaal Vergiftigingen Informatie Centrum, Bilthoven.
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Meulenbelt
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D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D019551:Dental Disinfectants / Q000506:poisoning*; D003802:Dentifrices; D003820:Denture Cleansers / Q000506:poisoning*; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009960:Oropharynx; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013249:Sternum; D013607:Tablets; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
D019551:Dental Disinfectants; D003802:Dentifrices; D003820:Denture Cleansers; D013607:Tablets
Risico's van ingestie van reinigingstabletten voor kunstgebitten en gebitsprothesen.