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Man swallows dentures: Man’s dentures found lodged inside his throat 8 days after having surgery
A 72-year-old man’s partial dentures got lodged in his throat during surgery and was left there for eight days, the British Medical Journal reported. According to a new case report published Monday, he went to the emergency room after he was having a hard time swallowing and coughing up blood. Doctors diagnosed him with pneumonia and …
Printing a smile: New technologies, shifting standards affect dentures
LIMA — Joel Vega has crafted a few 20-year-old smiles for 80-year-old faces, but it’s not something he usually recommends; a good pair of dentures shouldn’t look fake. “They’re usually widows looking for new candidates,” Vega said. “People like fake.” In his subterranean laboratory underneath Whole Health Dentistry, Vega makes teeth — milling new sets …