Doctors had to use a catheter intended for detecting cancer to rescue the drill bit, which had gone into his lungs Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the ...

A Duke Health doctor recently removed a dental drill bit from a patient's lung after it was inhaled during a procedure. Interventional pulmonologist Dr. Momen Wahidi performed a bronchoscopy, which ...

LONG. THE CT SCAN TELLS THE SHOCKING STORY AN INCH LONG DENTAL DRILL BIT LODGED DEEP IN TOM JOSIE’S LUNG. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WELL, I DON’T KNOW I WAS AT THE DENTIST TO GETTING A TOOTH FILLED ANDHE T ...

Ten out of 10 dentists recommend not inhaling a drill bit during a routine dental procedure. And so does at least one Illinois man who has recovered after an ill-timed cough during a routine tooth ...