When the provisional crown falls to the back of the patient's throat and cannot be retrieved, the patient reports no breathing difficulty. What is the next step?

Correct answer: C. Send the patient for a chest x-ray

• A. Incorrect. Remaking the provisional does not address the missing foreign body that may have been aspirated.
• B. Incorrect. Delivering the final crown without locating the provisional is inappropriate.
• C. Correct. Even without breathing difficulty, a foreign body can be silently aspirated into the right main bronchus. A chest x-ray is MANDATORY to locate the provisional and rule out aspiration.
• D. Incorrect. Antibiotics do not address an unlocated foreign body. Sending the patient home is negligent.