A Case of Tooth Aspiration During Dental Extraction: Could It Be Prevented by Sedation Practices?

Abstract

One of the most common life-threatening emergencies in children is foreign body aspiration, which occurs when children take in small parts of food and toys. Tooth aspiration or ingestion is an unusual circumstance that happens as a result of aspiration or swallowing of a tooth that is broken after iatrogenic or during maxillofacial trauma, especially during endotracheal intubation. Further, tooth aspiration after tooth extraction is very rare. Here a 10-year-old patient with cough and dyspnoea one day after tooth extraction was presented to the pediatric emergency due to a rare foreign body in the airway and a rare complication after tooth extraction. In addition, sedation and anaesthesia applications used during the dental procedure were discussed, and the question was also whether this complication could be prevented.

Keywords

• aspiration
• children
• tooth
• tooth extraction
• sedation