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Saeed Nezafati1, Shahriar Shahi
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tabriz University (Medical Sciences), Tabriz, Iran.
Journal of Oral Science
|September 27, 2008
Abstract:
Breakage of needles is one of the most frustrating and distressing complications of local anesthesia. It is also one of the easiest to prevent. This article describes the use of the C-arm digital fluoroscope for retrival of a broken dental needle from the pterygomandibular space.
