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The Establishment of a Murine Mandibular Molar Extraction Socket Healing Model
Published on: January 13, 2023
[Root dislocation into the mouth floor as a complication of lower impacted third molar extraction]
V A Syomkin1, A V Kuzin1, M Z Ordzhonikidze1
1Federal State Institution Central Research Institute of Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Root dislocation into soft tissues during lower jaw third molar extraction belongs to clinically rare complications. The thickness of the cortical plate on the third molar lingual side does not exceed 1.5 mm. Working with an elevator, or headpiece, it is possible to push the roots into the adjacent soft tissue. It is not possible to remove displaced tooth fragment through the socket, it requires additional surgical access from the lingual side. The authors described three clinical cases of root dislocation during third molar removing. Successful surgical treatment was done.
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