• Australian dental journal · Feb 1991

    Case Reports

    'A bridge too far ...'. Case report.

    • H S Loh and A Rauff.
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital.
    • Aust Dent J. 1991 Feb 1; 36 (1): 29-31.

    AbstractAn elderly man was assaulted and sustained facial injuries with fractures of the mandible and left zygoma. An unusual complication of aspiration of an intact four-unit metal bridge is reported. Immediate retrieval was done under general anaesthesia by rigid bronchoscopy. The technique is described. The importance of careful clinical and radiographic examination is stressed.

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