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1Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK.
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|July 13, 2021
Abstract:
Never events that are relevant to OMFS include wrong-site procedures (including tooth extraction), and retained instruments and swabs. In February 2021, the list of never events was updated to exclude wrong tooth extraction, as the systemic barriers to prevent these incidents were not considered 'strong enough.' We discuss the matter, and provide some recommendations to minimise the risk of wrong tooth extraction, which to date has been the commonest never event in the NHS.

