FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SEA BOND DENTURE ADHESIVE

MDR report key: 24241 · Received August 9, 1995

Report

Report Number
MW1006676
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 9, 1995
Date of Event
May 1, 1995
Report Date
July 26, 1995
Manufacturer
COMBE INC.
Product Code
KOP
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PRODUCT IS AN UPPER DENTURE ADHESIVE PAD, WHICH IS DIPPED INTO WARM WATER THEN APPLIED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE DENTURE, PRESSED INTO PLACE AND TRIMMED. THE PT WAS EATING WITH HER DENTURE IN AND THE PRODUCT SLIPPED TO THE REAR OBSCURING HER ESOPHAGUS AND TRACHEA. SHE HAD TO REMOVE THE DENTURE AND THE FOOD BOLUS TO RETRIEVE THE PRODUCT. HAD SHE NOT THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO ACCOMPLISH THESE MANUEVERS OR HAD SHE NOT BEEN PHISICALLY ABLE TO, SHE COULD HAVE EXPIRED. BECAUSE THIS PRODUCT IS DIRECTED AT THE ELDERLY WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REMOVE A DISLODGED ADHESIVE PAD, RPTR BELIEVES THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE CRITICALLY EVALUATED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SEA BOND DENTURE ADHESIVE DENTURE ADHESIVE-UPPER KOP COMBE INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR Life Threatening| R