Doctors of the ENT department of a government hospital, on Tuesday, successfully removed a molar tooth from the lung of a 65-year-old man.

Dr. R. Hasda, one of the surgeons who operated on the man, said that Mr. Rajendra Prasad Gupta, a resident of Garulia in North 24-Parganas, gulped a loose molar mistakenly three years back, and it got stuck in the in the right bronchus.

The doctor said, “He started having respiratory problems following that. He also suffered from recurrent chest infection.”

After complete clinical tests, it was discovered that a foreign object was stuck in the patient’s right lung.

Doctors removed the tooth through bronchoscopy.

“We performed the surgery without administering anaesthesia... The man’s condition is stable and he will be discharged from hospital in a few days.” Dr. Hasda said.