title: [Foreign body of dental origin: How to retrieve the dentist's drill?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inhalation of foreign bodies is an unusual complication of dental care. When it occurs immediately during the intervention, it is generally a dental tool, such as the little screwdrivers used for dental implant procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 59-year-old man was referred to our hospital for asymptomatic inhalation of a small drill during dental surgery. Because the drill had a barbed tip, prompt removal was indicated. The foreign body was localized in a sub-segmental division of the left lower lobe (B10b) and could be removed via a flexible bronchoscope under a short general anesthetic without intubation. There was no significant injury of the bronchial mucosa.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inhalation of foreign bodies during dental interventions is unusual and sometimes asymptomatic but their removal is always indicated. In some cases, the removal can be performed with a flexible bronchoscope.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et oncologie thoracique, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42000 Saint-Étienne, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et oncologie thoracique, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42000 Saint-Étienne, France. Electronic address: jean.michel.vergnon@univ-st-etienne.fr.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vergnon
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003762:Dental Instruments; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Corps étranger endobronchique; Dental drill; Endobronchial foreign body; Fraise dentaire; Inhalation