International Journal of Research and Reports in Dentistry

Apply ‘Dam’ before You Say ‘Damn’: A Case Report

Uzma Mushtaq *

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Swami Devi Dyal Dental Hospital and College Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India

Sameer Makkar

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Swami Devi Dyal Dental Hospital and College Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India

Sidharth Kanwar

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Swami Devi Dyal Dental Hospital and College Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India

Tamanpreet Kaur

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Swami Devi Dyal Dental Hospital and College Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India

Farheen Mushtaq

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Swami Devi Dyal Dental Hospital and College Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India

Divyangana Thakur

Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Swami Devi Dyal Dental Hospital and College Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

With increasing legal implications in dental practice, one has to be careful so as to avoid accidents in practice. Although rare, instrument aspiration or ingestion during endodontic treatment without rubber dam can result in clinical complications and subsequent legal proceedings. The purpose of this paper is to present a case report of an accidently aspired endodontic file with emphasis on the preventive measures to avoid such an accident and management if such mishap occurs.

Keywords: Iatrogenic, ingestion, aspiration, foreign body, rubber-dam

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