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<p>To describe an unusual case of a denture retained in the <a href="https://www.omicsonline.org/retained-denture-in-oropharynx-2161-119X.1000121.php?aid=10671" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">oropharynx</a> for one year and highlight current management of airway foreign bodies. Study design: A case report and brief review of the literature. Results: A 27 year old man sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and underwent exploratory surgery and tracheotomy at an outside hospital. Nine months after this injury, he presented to our clinic with <a href="https://www.omicsonline.org/archive-otolaryngology-open-access.php" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">dysphagia</a>, aphonia, and tracheotomy dependence. Normal anatomic landmarks were not visible by indirect laryngoscopy and imaging suggested a possible plate-like prosthesis in the oropharynx. Diagnostic direct laryngoscopy revealed a foreign body firmly lodged in the base of tongue and vallecula. Removal of the foreign body revealed a partial denture. Postoperatively, the patient reported that he could not locate the denture after his injury and had obtained a <a href="https://www.scholarscentral.org/submissions/otolaryngology-open-access.html" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">new prosthetic</a>. The missing partial denture was lodged in his oropharynx for one year. Conclusions: While aspiration or dislodgement of dental appliances is common, this is an interesting case of a young man with a retained denture in his oropharynx for 12 months. During this time, the patient tolerated a near regular diet although swallowing was uncomfortable. Suspicion of a denture foreign body was low in this instance owing to the fact that the patient was young at presentation and did not endorse or disclose the loss of a dental appliance at the time of <a href="https://www.omicsonline.org/otolaryngology-open-access.php" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">initial injury.</a></p>

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