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Bruno G Duarte1, Diogo Assis, Paulo Ribeiro-Júnior
1Department of Stomatology, Discipline of Oral Surgery, Dental School of Bauru, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
The objective of this study is to discuss problems associated with dental retention through three clinical cases of mandible fractures related to the presence of retained lower third molars, emphasizing the possibility of mandible fractures resulting from this or from the extraction procedure. The three evaluated patients had a fracture in the mandible angle. The third molars were present in all the cases, as was the relationship of the fracture with the teeth. After evaluating the three cases and reviewing literature, it is believed that the presence of the retained lower third molars and the surgical procedures for their extraction increase the risk of mandible angle fractures.
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