title: [The risks from ingestion of cleaning tablets for dentures and dental prostheses].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Nationaal Vergiftigingen Informatie Centrum, Bilthoven.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Van Zoelen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De Vries
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meulenbelt
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019551:Dental Disinfectants; D003802:Dentifrices; D003820:Denture Cleansers; D013607:Tablets
vernacular_title: Risico's van ingestie van reinigingstabletten voor kunstgebitten en gebitsprothesen.