Imaging aided in the retrieval of dentures from the bowel of a mentally competent 52-year-old woman who unknowingly swallowed them, according to a case report published online January 28 in the ...

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Seniors who wear their dentures when they sleep are at increased risk for pneumonia, according to new research. The study included 524 men and women, average age about 88, who were followed for three ...

A man in the U.K. was recently awarded 200,000 pounds (approximately $255,200 U.S.) after he was seriously injured during an endoscopic procedure to remove the dentures he had swallowed, according to ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man's body is being exhumed to remove dentures that belong to another man after a mix-up at a Chattanooga hospital. Parkridge Medical Center spokeswoman Alison ...

Medically reviewed by Edmund Khoo, DDS Key Takeaways Calcium deposits on teeth, known as tartar, need to be removed by a ...