Ingested dental file

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Inadvertent ingested dental file.

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Linear foreign body in the stomach consistent with a dental file.

Case Discussion

Dental files and other tools of dentistry may be inadvertently ingested during procedures in the dental chair.

This small dental file is likely to pass unhindered through the gastrointestinal tract.

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