Aspiration of a primary tooth in a patient with a tracheostomy

Spec Care Dentist. 1997 May-Jun;17(3):97-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1997.tb00876.x.

Abstract

Aspiration of a foreign object is uncommon in a patient with a tracheostomy. The following case history describes the consequences of failure to diagnose an aspirated object and how the aspiration of an exfoliated tooth can occur despite the presence of a tracheostomy tube. Dentists play an important role in preventing foreign body aspiration in debilitated patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bronchi*
  • Bronchography
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Cerebral Palsy / complications
  • Child
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / etiology*
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / etiology*
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / therapy
  • Tooth Exfoliation / complications
  • Tooth, Deciduous* / diagnostic imaging
  • Tracheostomy*