A Chinese woman who did not have time to go to the dentist wrongly used plaster to mould her teeth and almost suffocated.
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The 24-year-old from southeastern China’s Fujian province, surnamed Wu, rushed to hospital on May 18 with hardening plaster in her mouth.
She told doctors that she needed to make a pair of orthodontic retainers, which help keep her teeth in position, but did not have time to go to the dentist because of her work.
She bought the plaster from an online shop, and received a tool kit with instructions on how to mould her own teeth at home.
Wu was supposed to take an impression of her teeth and gum with trays filled with putty made of alginate, a material derived from seaweed which is easily removable from the mouth afterwards.
Then, according to the instructions, she needed to fill the impression tray with plaster, and wait for about an hour for the material to harden and form an exact replica of her teeth.
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She was instructed to send the replica to the online shop which would then make a retainer for her.
