Accidental swallowing of endodontic instruments

Endodontics and Dental Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 301-304

  Lambrianidis, T ^a   Beltes, P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Iatrogenic errors; Root canal treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMERGENCY; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; SWALLOWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEGLUTITION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; RUBBER DAMS;

EID: 0030321689     PISSN: 01092502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1996.tb00532.x     Document Type: Article

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