[Swallowed dental prosthesis]
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1Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Dresden.
Praxis
|February 10, 2000
Abstract:
A 66 year old man presented at the ambulatory with acute dysphagia. Inspectorial and radiologic examination revealed a swallowed dental prosthesis. The importance of the history and the clinical and radiological examination are discussed.
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