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Surgical emphysema and pneumomediastinum complicating dental extraction
A Ali1, D R Cunliffe, S R Watt-Smith
1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
British Dental Journal
|July 14, 2000
Abstract:
Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema is a rare complication of dental extraction and the use of air turbines has often been implicated. We describe a case which highlights a serious complication of the use of an air rotor for the removal of a right second mandibular molar.