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Aspirated dental calculus in a dog
1Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803-8410.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|February 15, 1992
Abstract:
Aspiration of a dental calculus, with lodgement of the calculus in a mainstem bronchus, was identified in a dog after dental prophylaxis. The calculus was located by use of radiography and bronchoscopy, and was removed via thoracotomy. Aspiration is a possible complication of dental prophylaxis. Endotracheal intubation with a properly inflated cuff, and thoroughly rinsing the oral cavity after prophylaxis, may avoid this and similar complications.