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'A bridge too far ...'. Case report
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital.
Australian Dental Journal
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
An 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.