It’s 3 p.m. on a Friday and a middle-aged man sporting a gray Buffalo Bills T-shirt sits in a dentist’s chair. His appointment on this particular day is for a tooth that has been causing him considerable pain over the past several days.
The dental hygienist prepares him for a bite-wing X-ray. Shortly after she places the device in his mouth, he begins choking, then swallows the X-ray. He passes out. Immediately, Ann, the dental hygienist, springs into action, calling for a doctor’s assistance and for someone to dial 911. She begins administering CPR.
This powerful, realistic situation recently unfolded not in an actual dentist’s office, but in the Behling Simulation Center in Farber Hall on the South Campus.
It was part of a new immersion learning program for dental professionals...read more
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