• Spec Care Dentist · May 1997

    Review Case Reports

    Aspiration of a primary tooth in a patient with a tracheostomy.

    • R Steelman, E Millman, M Steiner, and R Gustafson.
    • Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506, USA.
    • Spec Care Dentist. 1997 May 1;17(3):97-9.

    AbstractAspiration of a foreign object is uncommon in a patient with a tracheostomy. The following case history describes the consequences of failure to diagnose an aspirated object and how the aspiration of an exfoliated tooth can occur despite the presence of a tracheostomy tube. Dentists play an important role in preventing foreign body aspiration in debilitated patients.

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