Life-threatening airway obstruction secondary to hypochlorite extrusion during root canal treatment.

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.

Published: March 2006

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