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Esophageal denture impaction: A report of four cases
1 Department of Ear Nose & Throat, Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Lamido Zubairu Way, PMB 2017, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
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Department of Ear Nose & Throat, Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Lamido Zubairu Way, PMB 2017, Yola, Adamawa State,
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Mahmud A, Fufore MB, Miya BS. Esophageal denture impaction: A report of four cases. J Case Rep Images Otolaryngol 2021;2(2):100004Z18AM2021.ABSTRACT
Esophageal denture impactions are common occurrence in the developing world mostly due to inappropriate use or improper fixture of these dentures. Incidence of these impactions appears to be alarming especially in places where private dental services manned by unqualified staff are proliferating. Four cases of esophageal denture impaction were managed over a period of six months in our institution. Three of the patients had successful surgery and were discharged home. One of the patients had diagnostic dilemma and declined further management. To check the rising cases of denture impaction, patients should be advised to use permanent dentures and patronize only specialists for dental fitting so as to minimize complications.
Keywords: Denture impaction, Dysphagia, Esophagoscopy, Foreign body
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All staff of ENT Department of Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
Author ContributionsAhmad Mahmud - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Mohammed Bello Fufore - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Babangida Sabo Miya - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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