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Hrushikesh P Saraf1, Pradnya P Nikhade, Manoj G Chandak
1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, SPDC, Sawangi, 442004 Wardha, India.
Case Reports in Dentistry
|May 12, 2012
Abstract:
Ingestion of the endodontic instrument during root canal treatment is rare but can result in serious complications. The present paper reports a case in which endodontic file was accidentally swallowed by the patient undergoing root canal therapy, which entered digestive tract and passed uneventfully.