Death swallowed dentures when sleeping

Who would have thought a tool that allows us to look attractive can be fatal. Unfortunately it did not smell.

GEORGETOWN - A contractor who wear dentures when sleeping reportedly died after swallowing his teeth at her home in Greenlane, Air Itam here this morning.

In the incident at about 2 am, Choo Hock Meng, 44, is believed to snore before swallowing, coughing, causing her teeth and had difficulty breathing due to tooth stuck in his throat.

According to police sources, the incident realized that his wife Wu Huiling, 42, who discovered her husband had difficulty breathing and her face turned blue.

Before the incident, the victim and his wife were watching TV before going to bed earlier period.

She went into the bedroom soon after when he heard the sound of her husband like he was having trouble.

"The wife of the victim later found her husband swallowing false teeth, then he called an ambulance for help. Her husband was found dead by a member of the ambulance arriving at their home," said the source.

The body was then taken to the Penang Hospital and confirmed dead as a result of swallowing his false teeth.

"The autopsy revealed that the victim of false teeth in the upper jaw with three teeth buds stuck in the throat causing difficulty in breathing," he said.

Victims are said to wear dentures for over 20 years.


Deputy police chief Timur Laut, Supt Ismail Idris, when contacted, confirmed the incident and the case was classified as sudden death.