Dental Drill Accident: Burr Lodges In Patient's Lung

Radiographic image related to immediate dental implant (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A dental drill accident left a 60-year-old woman traumatized after the drill's head, called the burr, fell into her throat and lodged in her lung. Dental drill burrs (Photo: Hakan Svensson, Wikipedia) The accident happened at a hospital in Vasteras, Sweden while the woman was having a dental implant surgery. The patient, who was not identified in the reports, was lying down during the surgery .

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