JBR Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Dental Science
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Case Report

Accidental Swallowing of Orthodontic Partial Archwire

Edgard Norões Rodrigues da Matta¹, Hibernon Lopes Filho² and Antônio Carlos de Oliveira Ruellas^2*

¹Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil

²Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding Author:

Antônio Carlos de Oliveira Ruellas
School Dental, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ
Av. Professor Rodolpho Paulo Rocco – Ilha do Fundão
Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-590
Tel: (55) 21-2590-2727
Fax: (55) 21-2590-2771
E-mail: mailto:antonioruellas@yahoo.com.br, antonioruellas@yahoo.com.br

Received date June 30, 2014; Accepted date September 02, 2014; Published date Septemebr 09, 2014

Citation: da Matta ENR, Filho HL, de Oliveira Ruellas AC (2014) Accidental Swallowing of Orthodontic Partial Archwire. J Interdiscipl Med Dent Sci 2:146. doi:10.4172/2376-032X.1000146

Copyright: © 2014 da Matta ENR, et al.. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Foreign bodies ingestion or aspiration situations are potential complications during orthodontic treatment. This article presents a case report of an orthodontic patient who accidentally ingested a section of orthodontic wire. The patient was accompanied by radiographs until the foreign body have been deleted.

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