The risks from ingestion of cleaning tablets for dentures and dental prostheses
Van Zoelen, G.A.; De Vries, I.; Meulenbelt, J.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 142(44): 2408-2411
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 9864537 Document Number: 484282
To determine the frequency and severity of intoxication caused by cleansing tablets for dental plates or dental prostheses. Questionnaire study. National Poisons Control Centre, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. In 1996, all 78 physicians who requested information from the Centre about intoxications with cleansing tablets for dental plates or dental prostheses were sent a questionnaire enquiring about the exposure situations and the severity of the effects of the intoxications. Forty-six questionnaires (59%) were returned. Older people (24; 52%) and children (14; 30%) constituted the largest groups of intoxicated. As a rule, accidental ingestion of the tablets was involved. In most cases, one tablet had been swallowed. Local effects, mostly of a mild nature, were reported in 22 patients. Systemic effects were reported in two patients but in these cases the connection with the ingestion was doubtful.