Figure 4.

Dental bridge ingestion. An elderly patient was admitted to the endoscopy suite 4 hours after the accidental ingestion of his dental bridge. The patient was asymptomatic. No biological or imaging workup had been performed. A latex hood was placed at the tip of a gastroscope (A). The dental bridge was found in the stomach, with no sign of mucosal damage (B). It was approximately 6 cm long with two sharp edges. Endoscopic extraction was performed with a 10 mm polypectomy snare (C). The latex hood unfolded while passing of the gastro-oesophageal junction, thus protecting the oesophageal wall from the foreign body’s sharp edges (D, E). No significant mucosal damage was observed after extraction. The patient was discharged the next day.