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In a rare incident, a Mumbai man had to be operated upon after he ate a Vada Pav. While eating the popular snack, 77-year-old&nbsp;Ram Kuber&nbsp;accidentally swallowed his own denture.&nbsp;The victim suffered from an intense stomach ache after the ingestion and was immediately rushed to the JJ hospital.&nbsp;
 Doctors performed&nbsp; a complicated surgery, involving the insertion of an external tube, to extract the foreign body.&nbsp;Thankfully, the ingestion did not lead to any internal perforations that could have led to further complications. 
A report in the <a style="text-align: justify;" href="http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-77-year-old-accidentally-swallows-denture-while-eating-vada-pav/1201138" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Press Journal</a> quotes&nbsp;Dr Shrinivas Chavan, Professor and HOD of Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) department at JJ hospital as having said, "In a shocking revelation, he said that he swallowed his tooth while having food. A general inspection led to a conclusion that something was stuck in the stomach that needed to be operated."
He is reported to have added, "We found that <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/photos/photos-15-gruesome-things-found-inside-peoples-bodies/15437" target="_blank">a tooth was present inside his stomach</a>. Luckily he did not had any cuts or perforations inside his stomach as it was a denture." Several other incidents of dentures being swallowed have also been reported in the past. They tend to loosen up over time and regular dental check-ups are required to ensure their proper fitting.
Kuber is currently being fed via a feeding tube, which he will continue to use for another 10 days. The tube will help in confirming that no further damage has been done due to the accidental ingestion.&nbsp;
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