title: Unnoticed swallowing of a unilateral removable partial denture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper presents a case report about an unnoticed swallowing of a partial denture impacted in the esophagus in a 74-year old man without serious complications.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Dental prostheses (removable/fixed dental prostheses or fragments of dentures) appear to constitute a significant proportion of swallowed of impacted foreign bodies in the orolaryngopharynx.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case emphazises that is advisable to contraindicate this type of unilateral removable partial denture to replace teeth as temporary or definitive dental prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Comprehensive Adult Dental Care, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. mercedes.gallas.torreira@usc.es
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallas
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinez-Ares
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivo
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Fontán
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Gontán
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cañizares
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology*; D016734:Dental Clasps / Q000009:adverse effects; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000293:injuries; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic