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[The risks from ingestion of cleaning tablets for dentures and dental prostheses]
G A Van Zoelen1, I De Vries, J Meulenbelt
1Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Nationaal Vergiftigingen Informatie Centrum, Bilthoven.
Objective:
To determine the frequency and severity of intoxication caused by cleansing tablets for dental plates or dental prostheses.
Design:
Questionnaire study.
Setting:
National Poisons Control Centre, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Method:
In 1996, all 78 physicians who requested information from the Centre about intoxications with cleansing tablets for dental plates or dental prostheses were sent a questionnaire enquiring about the exposure situations and the severity of the effects of the intoxications.
Results:
Forty-six questionnaires (59%) were returned. Older people (24; 52%) and children (14; 30%) constituted the largest groups of intoxicated. As a rule, accidental ingestion of the tablets was involved. In most cases, one tablet had been swallowed. Local effects, mostly of a mild nature, were reported in 22 patients. Systemic effects were reported in two patients but in these cases the connection with the ingestion was doubtful.
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