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Images in emergency medicine
The dangers of toothpicking
  1. P Vaughan,
  2. R Marks,
  3. P Sarkar
  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
  1. Mr P Vaughan, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK; paul_vaughan{at}hotmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2007.054940

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    A 22-year-old man presented to his local hospital with sudden onset of a dry cough after picking debris from his teeth with a 4 cm metal pin. …

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