EATING AS A HAZARD TO HEALTH - PREVENTING, TREATING DENTAL INJURIES CAUSED BY FOREIGN OBJECTS IN FOOD

Authors
HYMAN FN KLONTZ KC TOLLEFSON L
Citation
Fn. Hyman et al., EATING AS A HAZARD TO HEALTH - PREVENTING, TREATING DENTAL INJURIES CAUSED BY FOREIGN OBJECTS IN FOOD, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 124(11), 1993, pp. 65-69
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
124
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
65 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1993)124:11<65:EAAHTH>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration maintains a passive surveillance syst em for reporting and follow-up of complaints related to food items. Th e most commonly reported complaint is the discovery of foreign objects in food. The most common injuries are abrasions to the throat and buc cal mucosa. Although dentists are qualified to treat oral injury resul ting from foreign object ingestion, more physicians than dental profes sionals treat soft tissue trauma.