title: Foreign body ingestion and aspiration in dentistry: a review of the literature and reports of three cases.
abstract: This article reviews several cases of foreign body ingestion or inhalation reported in the literature. Prevention, complication and management of this event are discussed and three case reports presented. Two of the cases were bridge ingestion and one was ingestion of an orthodontic band. The three cases were managed by watchful waiting and the ingested foreign bodies came out in the stools without complications.
authors.affiliation: University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Ahed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Wahadni
authors.forename: Khaled Q
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Al Hamad
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Tarawneh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003829:Denture, Partial; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D003778:Dentures; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007420:Intestine, Large; D007421:Intestine, Small; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000150:complications