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HYGENIC ENDO-ICE REFRIGERANT SPRAY

Received Jul 8, 2021 · Event occurred Jun 9, 2021

Report 2416455-2021-00002 · MDR key 12134552

Device

Generic name

Pulp Tester

Model number

H05032

Catalog number

H05032

Product problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

Patient

Not reported

  • Chest Pain
  • Dyspnea
  • Fatigue
  • Sore Throat
  • Cough
  • Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
  • Chest Pain
  • Dyspnea
  • Fatigue
  • Sore Throat
  • Cough
  • Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

HEALTH EFFECT - CLINICAL CODE 4581 WAS USED FOR THIS ADVERSE EVENT. THE CUSTOMER WAS EXPERIENCING EXCESS MUCOUS. THE CAN OF ENDO-ICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE CUSTOMER BECAUSE THE DENTAL OFFICE CONTINUED TO USE THE PRODUCT UNTIL EMPTY AND THREW AWAY THE CAN. AS OF 08/26/2021, NO OTHER ADVERSE EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR THIS PRODUCT FROM THIS DENTAL OFFICE.

Description of Event or Problem

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE DENTIST'S OFFICE WAS CONTACTED ON (B)(6) 2021 REGARDING THE COMPLAINT. THE DENTIST OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT ENDO-ICE WAS USED AND THAT IT WAS SPRAYED ON A PELLET IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM AWAY FROM THE PATIENT. ACCORDING TO THE DENTIST NOTES, THE PATIENT CAME IN FOR EVALUATION OF HER LOWER RIGHT AREA. ENDO-ICE WAS SPRAYED ON A COTTON PELLET AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND THEN PLACED ON THE TOOTH. THE PATIENT SEEMED TO HAVE A REACTION TO THE ENDO-ICE AND STATED THAT THE FUMES/TASTE BURNED HER THROAT. NO FURTHER COLD TREATMENT WAS PERFORMED BY THE DENTIST. THE DENTIST DID PROVIDE WATER AND MOUTHWASH TO THE PATIENT. THE DENTAL OFFICE INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT DRIPS OF ENDO-ICE IN HER THROAT AND THAT ONLY FUMES/TASTES WERE MENTIONED.

Description of Event or Problem

THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT SHE VISITED THE DENTIST'S OFFICE ON (B)(6) 2021. WHEN DOCTOR WAS DOING PROCEDURE, THE INSTRUMENT THAT HE WAS USING HAD ENDO-ICE ON IT. (THE PATIENT DID NOT SEE THE INSTRUMENT BEING SPRAYED; HOWEVER, THIS IS WHAT WAS TOLD TO HER). WHEN THE INSTRUMENT WAS PLACED ON HER TOOTH, SOME OF THE SPRAY DRIPPED DOWN HER THROAT. SHE DID SWALLOW IT. SHE STATED THAT IT HAD A HORRIBLE TASTE AND HER SALIVA WAS FOAMY WHEN SHE SPIT IT OUT INTO A CUP. THE OFFICE DID GIVE HER WATER TO DRINK AFTERWARDS. THE PATIENT NOW HAS A LOT OF MUCUS AND A VERY SORE THROAT, CHEST PAINS, HER TONGUE IS SORE, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, FATIGUE, AND A COUGH. SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD NONE OF THESE SYMPTOMS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. SHE WAS ADVISED TO GO TO HER DOCTOR FOR EVALUATION BY DENTIST OFFICE. THE PATIENT WAS CONTACTED DIRECTLY ON (B)(6) 2021. SHE INDICATED THAT SHE SWALLOWED 3 DROPS OF ENDO- ICE THAT DRIPPED INTO HER THROAT FROM THE COTTON BALL. THREE DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT SHE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EVALUATION. THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR ADVISED THAT SHE CONTACT A GI DOCTOR.