As if you needed another reason to be scared of the dentist’s office. According to WISN, a 60-year-old Illinois man faced the possibility of losing a part of his lung after he completed a routine ...

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 ...

Claim: A construction worker survived an accident that poked an 18-inch-long drill bit through one eye and out the side of his skull. Status: True. Origins: Although we dread the gory industrial ...

KENOSHA (WKOW) -- A routine visit to the dentist landed an Illinois man in a Kenosha hospital after he inhaled the dentist's inch-long drill bit. Tom Jozsi was getting a tooth filled at the time.

A patient had a dentist's metal drill bit embedded in his lung for four days after accidentally inhaling. Tom Jozsi was forced to undergo a rare medical procedure at the hospital to remove the ...