Vegetable or Fruit in Managing an Ingested Rubber Dam Clamp

Most people commonly think that a potato is a vegetable, and they would be half right as botanically it is considered as a fruit. So, one might ask what does this vegetable/fruit have to do with a dental faux paux? Reaching into dental historical vaults of 1892 we find that our forefathers were very creative in managing challenging, and potentially embarrassing situations.