Hyderabad: Loose dentures choke patients

Hyderabad: Imagine swallowing your dentures and getting them stuck in your food pipe. “The denture had to be removed with endoscopic surgery,” said Dr C. Subramanyam, consultant ENT surgeon at KIMS hospital. Dr Bal Reddy, retired principal of Government Dental College explained, “These are rare incidents as there is a safety margin for dentures. Dentures are safe but have to be evaluated every three years,” Dr Bal Reddy, retired principal of Government Dental College said. To fall inside the body is uncommon.” “Removable dentures are commonly used,” prosthodontist K.Satyendra Kumar said.